the beautiful game

[waider]

I'm not much of a soccer fan: I'll watch Ireland play more often than not, and I like a game that displays skill rather than a hack-and-chop game. But last night, I don't think there was a single person in the bar ignoring the last twenty minutes of the Brazil - France match. It was an astounding display of skill, marred only slightly by a few theatrical dives.

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[zadcat.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was caught by it as were a motley group of others yesterday afternoon.

beautiful french men, playing a beautiful game- what more could you want?

[jeannieweannie.livejournal.com]

you think i'm kidding? I'm not well, sort of. I want the beautiful French men to win too.

On a serious note, I watched the game in Paris- in an Irish Pub. Quite an experience- surrounded by French, speaking French, watching in France but the telecast was in English at the Irish pub. Only thing I didn't get was some a-holes threw their beers when they scored and when they won finally. But man, nail biting awesome game.

I actually thought the ref made only a few bad calls for most of the game but jeesh, man was he giving crap calls out toward the end against France. Even the instant replays showed a few super bad calls. Aren't they supposed to be super human or some shiat? Get some glasses...