World Cup 2006: Italy v. France

The final starts ominously for France as it appears Henry suffers a concussion two minutes in. He’s helped to the sideline and returns, but one wonders what it portends. Then Zidane scores a penalty off the top bar to give France a 1-0 leads. One stops...

World Cup 2006: Germany v. Portugal

Germany’s Bastian Schweinsteiger, a midfielder with whose play I’ve been not at all enamored, notches a hat trick to lead Germany to a 3-1 victory. Schweinsteiger knuckled balled his first one in the 56th minute, and one had to feel sorry for the...

World Cup 2006: France v. Portugal

For what was a pretty decent game, I was disappointed to see Henry’s flop in the box for a penalty be the deciding factor. But maybe it was justice for all the flopping that the Portuguese have done all tourney and did even more of today. I know that post-game...

World Cup 2006: Germany v. Italy

An OK first half turned into a boring second half as everybody got tired. (And who can blame them? What is this, seven games in the last month?) Del Pierro was a huge sub for Italy in OT, instantly revitalizing the Italian offense. Very surprised that Germany seemed...

World Cup 2006: 3rd round recap, 4th round picks

3rd round Germany v. Argentina: I correctly picked Germany. I thought that Argentina would be too tired to pull it off. Didn’t anticipate PKs, though. Italy v. Ukraine: I correctly picked Italy. In fact, this was as correct a pick as I’ve had all tourney....