they were reali lucky 2 beat australia hu r awful then beat a poor ukraine side a german team hu only hav 1 truely world class player nd won da final on penalties!!
2006-08-07 02:32:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
No team can win the World Cup without a bit of luck, Italy had a bit more than others. The draw was favourable to them and they only really played well against the germans. You still have to be good enough to get in the situation to make the luck count.
2006-08-10 10:53:27 · answer #1 · answered by malfonzobonzo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I reckon you need to learn basic spelling, mate. This isn't a text forum..... But no hardly flukey. they qualified from a group that a number of top teams would not of have survived (England for one would not have got through a group of USA, Czech republic and Ghana), they never looked like conceding goals and weren't at all lucky to beat Australia (that game could have gone on for 4 weeks without Australia actually scoring a goal). Neither were Australia 'awful', in Kewell, Viduka, Emerton, Moore and Schwartzer they have players who play at the highest level in the best league in the world. Ukraine have the so-called 'best player in the world' in Shevchenko, and Italy thrashed them. Germany were the home team (always difficult to beat in a World Cup), had the tournaments second best keeper in Lehmann and world class players in Ballack, Schweinsteiger, and Podolski. Their only penalty win was in the final, and when was the last time you saw a penalty shootout where a team scored all 5? So basically just stop slagging Italy and give credit where it's due. And LFC.... England the best team in the tournament. Are you deranged??? Playing decently for 90 minutes across an entire tournament is never going to get you far... and the dodgy refereeing decisions for england were what exactly?
2006-08-07 03:12:54 · answer #2 · answered by eriverpipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Incredible that some plonkers here think England could have won it.
It will be a good laugh at Euro '08 and the next World Cup when it goes belly up and it's everybody's fault but England's.
No wonder people enjoy seeing England lose.
2006-08-07 05:22:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Italy has is not luck but money. They are known for their corruption in soccer. It was obvious that the reason they beat Australia was because they paid the referee big bucks to call that fake penalty kick. It wouldn't be the first time that a penalty kick is called in Italy's favor! I guess money talks!
2006-08-07 13:54:35 · answer #4 · answered by vee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not think it is possible to "fluke" seven games at this level, nor win a penalty "shoot-out" without skill.
Italy are deservedly the World Champions for the next four years, and I sincerely wish them well.
I am not Italian, but I am a truly sporting fan!
2006-08-07 02:39:33 · answer #5 · answered by highburybooks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just shows there where a lot of average teams this time round. Bit like Greece winning Euro 2004. Nothing against them but results have shown since that they where well organised and lucky
2006-08-07 02:40:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although i was'nt supporting Italy, i must admit theire winning was no fluke.. come on.. apart from Brazil, which other team has won the world cup as much as they have? They do have skill and played well...can't hate on that
2006-08-08 16:06:04 · answer #7 · answered by jason p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They only had the dodgy penalty against Australia and otherwise they deservedly won the Cup.
2006-08-07 04:36:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Italy deserved to win the world cup. They were great against Germany
2006-08-07 03:02:59 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not a fluke. Just the nature of any cup coompetition that the perceived best team may not win.
2006-08-07 02:40:24 · answer #10 · answered by It's Our Future 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋