joga bonita 9

it's been an ugly, underwhelming final. disappointing in light of the first two early goals.

now we've got two 15-minutes extra periods ...

french, i feel, have the advantage and are being very aggressive on the dribble. let's see what goes down.

1 ...

barthez with the easy save.

YES! corner france. great call ... could be huge!

nothing.

3 ...

FOUL! no call. bullshit.

4.30 ...

7

italy on the attack down the wing. throw in. steal france. run run run. henry on the attack. loses it. 8 ...

france spreads it out. oh shit! ribery shoots it wide. OUCH! he had a brilliant look. ouch. ouch ouch.

that sucks.

9.20. lots of time left.

finally! trezeguet comes in. it's about time: trez is a solid baller.

ribery goes out. he played solid today. it'll be nice to have trez's speed in right now.

12.

buffon collects zidane's feed to the box. all france thus far in the extra period. ... italy on the wing, feeds it, booted. zidane with the ball. sagnol on the wing, feeds to zidane, header!!!! oh my, what a save by buffon. ohhhhhhhh

13.30

oh my that hurt. ouch.

what a beautiful header. that's a shot. zidane was pissed, all he needed was one metre to the left and it'd be over. well, not over, but you know ...

14.

105 minutes. all france for the last 50 minutes, but no goal. there it is. fuck fuck fuck.