ITALIA!!

So for those of you who (for whatever excuse) are not aware of what happened; ITALY WON THE WORLD CUP 2006!

It was tied 1-1 after 90 minutes of regular play and two 15 minute overtimes, so the game was decided by penalty kicks. A man who [was] arguably one of the best players in soccer knocked himself out of the game with a red card. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then check out this clip from youtube: Zidane Owned . The clip is in German but you'll get the gist of it. The main referee didn't see what happened but the rest of the world did. The guy is basically a living legend - thats why a camera was constantly on him. One of the assistant referees told the head ref what went down and - well, when the ref reaches for his back pocket somebody's goin' home.

Good call.

I got so excited about the World Cup that i started a new blog http://waitingfor2010.blogspot.com/ to track the play leading to the next Cup in 2010. Its set up to accept anonymous comments. (English or Spanish)

Now i can quit obsessing about soccer on this blog :-)