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World Cup! — Brooklynian

World Cup!

cod17
cod17
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
Is anyone doing anything for the game today?

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  • carnivore
    carnivore
    http://brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3695
  • cod17
    cod17
    Hmmm, unfortunately that doesn't help much seeing as though no one posted any suggestions for a viewing spot. Thanks anyway.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    soda is showing it, but I bet they've sold out. maybe go to tavern on dean? I'm watching it at home. :)
  • cod17
    cod17
    Thank you!
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Sepia is also showing it.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    this is KILLING ME. this cannot go to penalty kicks. please, people. no PKs.
  • emily
    emily
    DAMN! I was just saying how the players seemed so friendly to each other... and then...
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    Where's the fireworks?! Where's the confetti?!
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    EmilyM wrote: DAMN! I was just saying how the players seemed so friendly to each other... and then...
    haha. seriously, I wonder what that guy was saying to him. I mean, he must have been talking some serious shit to cause Zidane to totally lose it like that.
  • anfield
    anfield
    Lip readers were brought in, seriously - there are three or four main opinions on what was said to Zizou.

    1 - "You are the son of a terrorist whore" (he is of Algerian descent...) Bit out of line, I must say.

    2 - After having his shirt pulled Zizou looked at him with Gallic contempt and said "If you really want my shirt you can have it after the game" to which our classy Italian friend replied "I'd rather take the shirt off your wife." This one was a pretty quick comeback and my personal favorite.

    3 - "I wish death upon you and your family" on the day Zizou's mother went into hospital. Just lame.

    4 - "You're not fooling anyone shaving your head, we all know you're balding, Baldy." (This one wasn't technically said by Materazzi, but rather directed at the big screen in the pub where I watched the game. Was met with murmurs of assent and much sage nodding heads.)

    Also, Zizou is well known for being a nasty prick on the pitch, usually headbutting opponents in the face rather than the chest. Good riddance.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    I also heard that he pinched Zidane's nipple.
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    Who cares what was said? At that level, it's more about mental performance than physical - trying to screw with your opponent's mind is a part of the game (it's what made Jordan well... Jordan), and Materazzi clearly got the better of him. I you really want to see a mind-fuck in action, watch Pumping Iron, a documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger's bid for another Mr Olympia title! He breaks down Lou Ferrigno (Incredible Hulk) like you wouldn't believe...
  • livetotravel
    livetotravel
    Isn't World Cup and it's fans just lovely . . .

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    July 11, 2006
    Racial Incidents Mar Italy’s World Cup Celebration
    By PETER KIEFER
    ROME, July 11 — Swastikas spray painted in Rome’s ancient Jewish ghetto sullied Italy’s joy after its World Cup victory on Sunday, as did racial comments made by a former government minister about the French team.

    Italy’s interior minister, Giuliano Amato, said today that a number of swastikas were daubed on the walls of Rome’s Jewish quarter during the postgame festivities. “As an Italian I feel ashamed, and as interior minister I am alarmed by such things,” Mr. Amato reportedly said during a visit to Rome’s main synagogue.

    And a number of Italian politicians and the French ambassador to Italy issued a strong rebuke to remarks made by Roberto Calderoli, the former minister of reform and a member of the right-wing National Alliance Party. After the Cup victory he said that the Italians had vanquished a French team that was comprised of “Negroes, communists and Moslems.” Italian soccer is no stranger to extremist politics. Italian football matches are often used as a platform for far-right fans to express racist sentiments.

    There is no love lost between Italian fans and the French, especially France’s star Zinedine Zidane, who was sent off in the waning minutes of the World Cup final for head-butting the Italian defender, Marco Materazzi, apparently after being taunted. Mr. Zidane and members of his family have emerged as a favorite target of Italian insults. Some of those relatives have reportedly said they believed Mr. Materazzi had called Mr. Zidane a “terrorist,’’ a charge the Italian player has denied.

    As for Mr. Calderoli, this is his latest brush with controversy. During the international crisis over the publishing of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, Mr. Calderoli was forced to resign from his ministerial post earlier this year after making statements supporting the use of force against Muslims and wearing a T-shirt on national television with one of the cartoons emblazoned on it.

    Mr. Calderoli’s television appearance precipitated attacks on the Italian embassy in Libya in which at least 11 people were killed and dozens injured.

    After the climactic game Sunday, there were brief clashes between the police and bottle-throwing rowdies in Rome’s city center. On Monday, hundreds of thousands of fans joyously welcomed the arrival of their world champion team at the Circus Maximus in Rome.
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