Top 10 Moments of the World Cup

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Well its all over sadly. Here are some of football365's favourite moments... I am sure people will want to add their own..:


Our highlights from the past five weeks...

* "Please show him crying, please show him crying, please show him crying...yay" - thus went the cry in a million English homes at the end of Portugal's semi-final defeat to Portugal. Sympathy for (Not The Real) Ronaldo was in shorter supply than Frank Lampard's goals this summer.

* THAT goal from Argentina. The name of Esteban Cambiasso might be forgotten, but the 24-pass move that led to his goal against Serbia & Montenegro has booked its place on every 'Best World Cup Goals Ever' montage. And they didn't even reach the semi-finals...

* THAT OTHER goal from Argentina. In extra-time of their last-16 clash with Mexico, Maxi Rodriquez took a cross-field pass on his chest and then volleyed home from 25 yards with the outside of his left foot. The best bit? He's right-footed.

* "Nobody wants to see that at the end of a World Cup quarter-final," said the commentators. "Oh yes we do," we shouted in unison as half of Argentina's squad started a game of British Bulldogs with the Germans. Without telling them. We're just sorry the TV cameras didn't pick up Torsten
Frings' punch/slap.

* Graham Poll's new 'three yellow cards equals a red card' initiative. Hasn't he been booked already? Yes, but Poll's clearly gone absolutely mental. And didn't it make brilliant TV?

* Joe Cole's goal. Possibly the only England moment of the World Cup that had a nation up on its feet with its hands in the air in celebration rather than despair,

* It's another one of those "nobody wants to see that" moments that everybody does. What would you want to watch again? The 'disgraceful scenes' (for 'disgraceful', read 'hilarious') of the Holland v Portugal match (16 yellow cards, four reds) or the Switzerland v Ukraine clash played in wonderful spirit?

* Fabio Grosso's fantastic 118th-minute strike that took Italy into the
final. From a sodding left-back, no less. And nobody, but nobody, celebrates
scoring a goal like an Italian.

* The really ugly face of football: Oliver Kahn sat on the German bench with
a face like a slapped arse as Mad Jens Lehmann barely put a foot (or hand) wrong. And how fantastic that Lehmann was lovely enough to say that he
wouldn't mind if Olly played in the third-fourth place play-off. So magnaminous...

* Seeing Rio Ferdinand sobbing like a baby - made losing to Portugal seem,
well, not quite so bad. Does that mean we're going to hell?
 
Well the elbow from Da Rossi in the Italy v USA match was another moment I won't forget. The Torsten Frings goal in the opening match, what a goal that was..the Holland v Portugal match, 20 cards in ONE match is ridiculous but still entertaining. And of course....the unveiling of the SA 2010 logo in the middle of all this. :)
 
Debbie2 said:
When it ended.
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Shame Debbie2, u r in for some more bad news though, SABC will replace Oprah with the Tyra Banks Show from September.
 
stepper said:
Shame Debbie2, u r in for some more bad news though, SABC will replace Oprah with the Tyra Banks Show from September.
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<offtopic>No, it cannot be, its a lie, no no no....no no no..../denial<offtopic>
 
The Ukraine Switzerland game was just sooo bad it was unforgettable in that sense. And Swizterland went out without conceding a goal, and they were worse at penalties than England ! :D
 
Ghana and Ivory Coast's lively attacking football.
 
Angelo, that's hardly a 'moment'.

Anyway, my 'top' moment would have to be the zidane chestbutt, man, what a shocking and random thing to do.
 
This WC was pretty crap overall. The top stars looked knackered after a year of European football.
 
As far as assumptions go it's pretty qualified as far as I'm concerned.

Things could have been very different without the headchesterbutter.
 
It's debatable. IMO...and assumption. Zizou lost it for France. Cant believe he won the Golden ball ahead of Cannavaro.
 
\o/ The Bear's headbutt \o/

To say that Zizou lost it for france is to assume that Trezeguet would not have taken a penalty. Or that France would have scored in what was remaining of the 2nd half of ET. Both are huge assumptions.
 
It's also a huge assumption to say that Italy still would've won if there was no headbutt, so lets stop this stupid fcking conversation.
 
mooK said:
It's also a huge assumption to say that Italy still would've won if there was no headbutt, so lets stop this stupid fcking conversation.
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And who made that assumption?........proof?

Can't you just admit that you were wrong to assume the headbutt lost the cup for France without being defensive?
 
Can't you admit that you're wrong to assume that Italy still would've won if there was no head-butt?

If you take something out of the equation, then both sides are assuming so wtf is the point of debating this?

My point is, that if there was no head-butt no one can say what could have happened... So obviously the france supporters would like to think that they would have won and vica versa.
 
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