Italy deserved to win. They were creating a lot of game and the Germans were being their old self (very monolithic, running a lot, courageous but little style and boring).
Instead of settling for a draw and going into the PKs where they had all their chances, the Germans decided to attack during stoppage time and their line of defense was way too high... All the Italians needed to do was to counter and that was it. They showed more maturity and smart.
As for Portugal vs France, it was not a bad game, Portugal tried real hard, I thought they'd go to overtime (frankly they deserved it). I think the referee was quite unfair. The PK was there but besides that there were a few instances where he let the French get away with obvious fouls.
The 3rd place game is always rich in goals, it should be quite interesting.
I predict a very boring final, although this will be Zidane's last game and I expect him to bow down in style.
I know more about soccer/football than I wished I did, they made me play it, back there it was mandatory like Sunday church for the Mormons.
As for France they went farther than anybody would think, it's already a very satisfying result. Losing to Italy would not be as bad as losing to Germany :twisted:
Instead of settling for a draw and going into the PKs where they had all their chances, the Germans decided to attack during stoppage time and their line of defense was way too high... All the Italians needed to do was to counter and that was it. They showed more maturity and smart.
As for Portugal vs France, it was not a bad game, Portugal tried real hard, I thought they'd go to overtime (frankly they deserved it). I think the referee was quite unfair. The PK was there but besides that there were a few instances where he let the French get away with obvious fouls.
The 3rd place game is always rich in goals, it should be quite interesting.
I predict a very boring final, although this will be Zidane's last game and I expect him to bow down in style.
I know more about soccer/football than I wished I did, they made me play it, back there it was mandatory like Sunday church for the Mormons.
As for France they went farther than anybody would think, it's already a very satisfying result. Losing to Italy would not be as bad as losing to Germany :twisted:
