i just want anyone who answers this question to tell me the best and worst event for him/her in his/her point of view
2006-12-31 12:50:25 · 23 answers · asked by ♥Sherry♥ 6 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
The World Cup is over, Italy is the champion, and it's time for a review of some of the highs and lows of the month-long jamboree. Here's an expanded version of my assessment in my column in the International Herald Tribune.
Most Energetic Performance: Franz Beckenbauer, the tournament's organizer, not only attends most matches, but finds time to get married to Heidi Burmester, his longtime sweetheart.
Most Abject Performance: Sven-Goran Eriksson, the England coach, manages to bamboozle his own players by switching formations on them every game and by bringing along an untried 17-year-old, Theo Walcott, apparently as some sort of mascot.
Best Quote (until he spoiled it): "This is so beautiful, we want it to carry on," says the magician of the French midfield, Zinedine Zidane, as he comes full circle at the age of 34.
Worst Quote: "We're here for a war," says Eddie Johnson, a striker for the United States, summing up the stakes in Germany.
Silliest Slogan: "Welcome to Germany -- Land of Ideas." Well, yes, the Reformation, Marxism, E=mc2, and some others we'll pass over.
Most Dramatic Discovery: Germans realize they love their flag and keep on waving it, even in defeat.
Best Banner: "Allez Les Vieux" - held aloft by a French fan encouraging his old but resurgent team.
Most Dubious Banner: "Let's Roll" - an American favorite.
Headiest Moment: Zidane deploys his head in the final to knock Materazzi off his feet.
Most Welcome Absence: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president.
Most Forlorn Cry: Rooo-ney...Roooo-ney....Rooo-ney.
Most Bizarre Presence: Diego Maradona of Argentina and his band of wild-eyed acolytes.
Finest Theater: Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal manages to match his outrageous talent with equally outrageous acting designed to win over skeptical referees.
Class Act: Jurgen Klinsmann, the outgoing German coach, goes from villain to idol as he shakes up the German football establishment and proves that, yes, you can spend a lot of your time in California and still produce a fine, attacking side.
Most Surreal Sight: The players of Serbia and Montenegro representing a country that no longer exists.
Most Uplifting Sight: Glorious Ghana at its best.
Most Zealous Fans: The South Koreans, roaring on a side that is blur of swarming movement. Closely followed by the never-say-die Australians.
Oddest Decision: David Beckham, the England captain, decides to spend all his time on the right touchline, apparently marking the linesman.
Most Depressing Statistic: Frank Lampard of England takes 24 shots at goal, more than any other player here apart from Lukas Podolski of Germany, and scores zero goals. He can't even find the net with a penalty.
Most Disputed Statistic: How many gazillion people actually watched all this on television.
Biggest non-stories: Polish hooligans, German brothels, rightist thugs, English claims that football's coming home.
Largest Unanswered Question: How to get out of Kaiserslautern at night and live to tell the tale.
Worst Culinary Call: Serving chili con carne in 97-degree heat in the media centers at the stadiums.
World Cup Weirdness Award: American rather than German beer is served in the stadiums. It's a Budweiser, but for legal reasons too complicated to explain, it just says "Bud" on the plastic bottles.
Most Beautiful Player: The peerless Andrea Pirlo of Italy, who demonstrates that, in football as in much else, breeding counts.
Most Beautiful Goal: Esteban Cambiasso of Argentina gets on the end of 24-pass move that is part ballet, part advanced mathematics, part instinct and part genius - Borges would have liked this one.
Most Colonial Gesture: Peter Crouch, England's gangling striker, yanks the dreadlocks of the Trinidad and Tobago defender, Brent Sancho, as he rises to head a rare English goal.
Least Convincing Football Fan: Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor.
Newest Fashion Statement: National flags worn as sarongs.
Biggest Whiner: DaMarcus Beasley of the United States, who keeps saying he need more instructions from his coach, Bruce Arena.
Flimsiest Favorites: After all the hype, Ronaldinho of Brazil goes missing. He's joined by Roberto Carlos, who decides to adjust his socks rather than mark Thierry Henry, so gifting the French their winning goal. Ronaldo carries five extra kilos but still sets a record: 15 goals in World Cups.
Tournament Lion: Gennaro Gattuso of Italy, who wears his heart on his sleeve and demonstrates how far guts can take you.
Worst Psychological Problems: The Dutch and the Spanish still can't get it together at the World Cup.
Scond Largest Unanswered Question: Can South Africa possibly organize something like this by 2010?
Most Outdated Cliché: The Germans are dull.
Happiest Breakthrough: England realizes the war ended 61 years ago and a lot has happened since then.
Most Painful and Most Repeated Cliché: Football's more than a game.
Best Referee: Benito Archundia of Mexico, who helps make the Germany-Italy semi-final a classic.
Nuttiest Referee: Valentin Ivanov of Russia loses it in the Netherlands-Portugal game, becoming a blur of yellow and red cards.
Darkest Puzzle: What did Materazzi say?
Most Intriguing Hypothetical Question: Suppose Zidane's 104th-minute header in the final had found the net.
Best Reason for Having Gone Through All This: The beauty of it.
2006-12-31 12:55:41 · answer #1 · answered by cheezzznitz 5 · 9⤊ 1⤋
I must say, Germany 2006 was the only World Cup I paid serious attention to. I think I remember the '98 Cup vaguely, I was only six years old at the time. '02 is more clear in my mind, I was older at ten and was rooting for my home country, South Korea. But '06 has got to be the best because I experienced it fully. I visited Germany two weeks before the World Cup- can you believe I missed the first match in Munich? And having been there before such a large sports event, I was able to experience the hype and the same level of excitement the Germans were feeling. And let me tell you, they are avid-extremely avid- football fans. I think I got started on football because of them! It's hard not to fall in love with football especially if you're visiting the host country just a few days before the event is about to start. And seeing all those football commercials. I remember soccer balls on advertisements everywhere- at the airport, outside the airport, billboards, magazines, etc. The Germans are very passionate, patriotic people who never lost hope during this tournament and supported their team, even in defeat. So I think I'll give the Germans the crown they deserve on this one. I think the best moment was when Germany won third place and there were fireworks at the Stuttgart stadium, the Germans were singing football songs, waving their flags, and the medal ceremony that took place that night. Trust me, it's not easy to support a team in defeat. And the Germans never stopped being on their team's side. I mean they had a huge welcome-home party for their Mannschaft, on July 9th in Berlin holding signs that read: "You are the champions of our hearts." I think the German team's performance was great at this tournament, and their spirit is very, very admirable.
The worst moment... there were a lot of instances where I cringed. When there was an injury on the field, for example. But the single worst moment for me was when I had to watch the cheater Italians celebrating, while France had to stand there in disbelief, tears about to fall from their eyes. And yet, the French people never stopped waving their flags, and that touched me. *tear*. And they worked so hard till the last second! Of course, I hated to see Zidane walking out of the field because of his headbutt, but I think Materazzi deserved it. What a dreadful way to end a career! I also HATED when Germany lost to Italy... the Italians were bad luck to anyone who played against them...
Oh, i forgot, it was sweet for me to watch the screen and see the so-called "champions" Brazil have to suck up to their defeat. You should have seen the looks on their faces when Henry made a goal and the end of the game was near and they realized that they weren't that great after all. Just goes to show what happens when you get too cocky... I loved the embrace between Fabien Barthez and Zidane. They were on the road to victory and cherishing every moment of it. Oh the joy on their faces! Another worst moment: the game between South Korea and Switzerland. That referee doesn't deserve to keep his job. His judgement wasn't fair at all.
Allez les Bleus!
Mannschaft 2010!
And i wish the best of luck to South korea, which is still my home country in the end no matter what.
2006-12-31 15:00:40 · answer #2 · answered by septembersapphire22 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Worst event : Italy wining the world cup
Referee making Italy win against Australia
Materrasi allowed to play in the same league as Zidan
Grandmother dies watching Italys boring soccer
Best Event: Zidans head butt on Materrassi
Zidan winning the GOLDEN BOOT
watching two soccer greats exchange shirts..Zidan & Figo
2006-12-31 18:17:14 · answer #3 · answered by ROMARIO C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For me, the world cup seems to be such a big success. Even in NZ where soccer's not the big thing, the world cup was highly anticipated. =] The tournament was really great.
The worst moments, for me was the fact that after the world cup so many great players retire, leaving UEFA and the leagues seem so empty. =] But it's gotten warmer already.
lol and probably the time when real madrid lost to Recre 0-3. =[ Cannavaro performed very poorly and made a fool of himself.
2006-12-31 22:04:16 · answer #4 · answered by Steph☺ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the best soccer events in 2006:
- ITALY won the 4th World Cup.
- FC Barcelona finally won the UEFA Champions' League
- Liverpool's come back win in the FA Cup.
- Chelsea beat Manchester United to win the Premiership.
the worst soccer events in 2006:
- Zinedine Zidane's red card in the final of the 2006 World Cup.
- BRAZIL's World Cup disaster.
- Italian Serie A match fixing scandal.
- Djibril Cisse horrific leg injury just before the World Cup.
2006-12-31 13:15:45 · answer #5 · answered by foongwk140804 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The worst: Italy taking the World Cup cuz they bought the games. Germany should've kept it at home.
The best: Zidane's head-butt to Materazzi during the World Cup final!! That knocked my socks off! Then Germany keeping a well-deserved third place! Oh and also my home-team the Houston Dynamo winning the MLS Cup for the first time and in their first year!
2007-01-02 06:25:43 · answer #6 · answered by ♀VANshee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best Football / Soccer Event:
France vs Brazil during the world cup: It must be the curse of France; Brazil would never beat France in a match (ie. 1998 World Cup final). Zizou proved that he was still a great football player by showing mad passing skills. That was such a beautiful game, and you could totally see the beauty of European and South American style football.
Worst Football / Soccer Event
Reading vs Chelsea in the England league games: Chelsea's Petr Cech almost got killed in this match. He suffered a head injury from Stephen Hunt (cheater!!!) That was no accident, Hunt knocked Cech out with his knee on purpose!!! I mean Hunt could just skip over Cech to avoid the "accident". And then close to the final whistle, the 2nd choice GK for Chelsea got knocked over by Reading's Sonko. That was totally intentional too!!! At the end, John Terry needed to subtittude for the GK (although he only played for like a minute, and looked really funny in that GK jersey) And so because of this, Petr Cech cannot play football until the late January.
2007-01-01 10:07:01 · answer #7 · answered by KateyWatey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The best soocer event in 2006 for me is the moment when Cristiano Ronaldo kissed the ball at the penalty kicks in the match with England at the World Cup.It was the last penalty and he and Ricardo were the heroes.Of course the moment after the penalty of Cristiano when he was so happy!But the real event is the moment wich Fabio Cannavaro had in his hands the trophy.The worst is Zidane's head into Materazzi.
2006-12-31 23:36:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you ask me, the best sports event of the year was the Univerisity of North Carolina women's soccer team winning the NCAA national title. Some people might sahy that this is not as important because they have won so many titles, but i think diferently because they are such an amazing team. The UNC women's soccer program has such an amazing dynasty about them, and it lifts my heart to watch that team play. Though their were many good things, their was one thing that stood out to me as a bad soccer event. This was USA's poor showing in the world cup. I love soccer so much, and it upset me to watch the country that i love soccers team sulk so bad. kinda depressing in a way- you know?????/
2006-12-31 14:36:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worst: The Italian team eventually taking the world cup should have been defeated by Australia, had the referee of that game made no mistakes.
Best: Practically no hooliganism around the world cup.
2006-12-31 13:27:49 · answer #10 · answered by corleone 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best- Barca winning UEFA Champions League
Worst- Brazil's disappointing WC :(, Zidane's headbutt (Materazzi deserved it but it just got the whole word crazy..making a whole big issue out of it!..& everybody disliking Zidane)
2006-12-31 23:38:52 · answer #11 · answered by [V] 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋