Neutral going in, but was pulling for the French.
Indescribeable what Zidane did...after his fantastic goal, and his chance a few minutes earlier in e.t.
In all my soccer, rarely seen something so blatant.
At the same time, France was the better team. The second half, and extra time, France outperformed the Italians by a wide margin, and deserved a better fate, no matter what Zidane did.
Also have to say, very childish Italian team after the win.
Cutting a guys hair on the field? Putting on silly hats and jerseys on backwards when reciveing medals? Gatusso running around and diving wih no shorts on with guys kicking him in the rear?
Bordered on classless...you know what, if you're going to do that 'team unity' stuff, at least have the decency to do that after you've accepted the trophy.
Can you imagine that garbage going on in post game celebrations in any major sport? Bringing a chair out and cutting Ryan Smyth's hair after the 2002 gold medal...and Maltby sliding from the blue line to the red line with no pants while teammates kick him in the ass...before getting the gold.
An embarrasment to me as a soccer player to act like that and disrespect your opponent and your sport, really.
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