Blue battle

So, another World Cup comes to an end. In the final match, a blue battle. Italy's "Azurra" against France's "Les Bleus".... with the deserved victory of the former. A good game I watched in a pub with some friends and former classmates (until I went to Japan). It's interesting to meet the group after (almost) everyone has graduated (well... I still haven't...) and check the path each one chose (or were chosen...) Master's course, job, unemployment... And each has different points of view now.

Back to the original subject, after some time Italy's got another title. And that was deserved. The players might not be so strong individually, but they showed a good performance as a team... plus some luck, but that's part of the equation anyway.

The bad highlight is due to Zidane... that lost his temper near the end of the game. Let's hope he doesn't become the martyr... in any meaning.

Well, the tourneament wasn't amazing. Good games, but not astonishing ones. Games usually decided by tactic rather than individual talent (but that surely showed up sometimes). Highlights to the return of the German patriotism, and the return of Italy to the top, after erasing the bad mark of being the only team that lost a World Cup final match in PKs...