France vs Brazil

[Jk1725]

I think this is going to be a pretty exciting match
Yes I know its a while away but the prospect of one last zidane vs ronaldo excites me.

[cmacdon]

France should consider themselves lucky for even making it to this point (they struggled in one of the worst first round groups).

I say this is when Brazil steps on the pedal and really shows a more aggressive style of play.

France stands no chance. ;)

[ThePope#15]

1998 finals all over again. Can't wait.

Edit: Except Brazil will win this time.

[MinOs]

Brazil is yet to play a strong team and still struggle with wins. :sleeping2

[mathue]

Zidane + Henry + Ribery + (Trezigaut!?!?!?!) = 2 - 1 victory over brasil

[whocares]

Brazil is yet to play a strong team and still struggle with wins. :sleeping2
That's what they want you to think.

I think that this will be Zidane's last game with France's national team...

[csite]

brazil will destroy france, most of brazil's players havn't even played properly! i think against france they will be at their best, specially ronaldinho, he would nutralize zidane who is really too old to play worldcup level football now really!

[navid]

ronaldinho is unfortunately getting the attention he deserves, they say hes not producing (the ignorant ones). hes the heart and soul of that team, he and cafu make that team run smoothly. he will shine as brazil wins 2-0, a late insurance marker from then in 2nd half

[cmacdon]

ronaldinho is unfortunately getting the attention he deserves, they say hes not producing (the ignorant ones). hes the heart and soul of that team, he and cafu make that team run smoothly. he will shine as brazil wins 2-0, a late insurance marker from then in 2nd half

Thank you God. You gave me an ebaumer that realizes scoring isn't everything.

Ronaldinho orchestrates Brazil's offense. He is the "point-guard" of the team if you will. I mean, he gets double and triple teamed but still manages to give a good ball to his teammates on the attack. Ronaldinho is looked at as overrated right now, but fans that realize stats mean nothing aren't blind.

[arsenalfan]

i hope france wins honestly, thierry henry all the way!

i think brazil will take this chance to fight back after losing to france in 1998

either way itll be a great match

[Jk1725]

Anyone else think brazil has a passing issue.????

Several times ive seen oppurtunities to make a short cross and instead the brazilian player will shoot rathe than pass.
They will beat france but they need to learn to share the wealth.

[AsHopeDies]

Thank you God. You gave me an ebaumer that realizes scoring isn't everything.

Ronaldinho orchestrates Brazil's offense. He is the "point-guard" of the team if you will. I mean, he gets double and triple teamed but still manages to give a good ball to his teammates on the attack. Ronaldinho is looked at as overrated right now, but fans that realize stats mean nothing aren't blind.

You see that pass he had near the end of the Ghana game today? DAMN!!! That foot and ball control is godly.

[arsenalfan]

You see that pass he had near the end of the Ghana game today? DAMN!!! That foot and ball control is godly.

did u see the UEFA champions league between ac milan vs barcelona? ronaldinho's pass to giuly was fucking brilliant. he IS godly, but i still prefer thierry henry :D :raiseeyeb

[kit kat]

Brazil will beat france, i think Parreira wanted Brazil to lay off Ghana for them to attack and test brazils defence. He knew they could beat them and when the crowd started to get frustrated, 1 min later brazil scored


ronaldinho is unfortunately getting the attention he deserves, they say hes not producing (the ignorant ones). hes the heart and soul of that team, he and cafu make that team run smoothly. he will shine as brazil wins 2-0, a late insurance marker from then in 2nd half

I watched Barcelona play alot this season and ronaldinho was amazing to watch. Before the Ghana game he had been average, compared to playing for Barcelona, all be it the world cup is against the best defenders in the world. I saw him go passed 4 real madrid defenders twice, each time scoring. I know he can play much better

[JerkyMyTurky]

Neither team have really impressed (maybe Franced over Spain) so far, so its hard to guage what's going to happen. I'm prediction France takes the match, because they are coming off a big win over Spain, while Brazil has had easy matches so far and haven't really been faced with a challenge. France 3 - 2 Brazil. Ribery is a great young player, watch out for him in this big game.

[arsenalfan]

i hope brazil gets food poisoning like the hotspurs

[caralheiros]

Thank you God. You gave me an ebaumer that realizes scoring isn't everything.

Ronaldinho orchestrates Brazil's offense. He is the "point-guard" of the team

I stopped reading after you said point-guard.

[MystGuitarMan]

Ronaldinho hasn't had a chance to show off his moves yet: there are always 3 or 4 people on top of 'im...

Here are my predictions:
Because France sucks and clearly bought the '98 cup, I'll make the conservative prediction that Ronaldinho will score 16 goals, Ronaldo will score 8, and Kaka will score 5.
Of course, France will score 1 goal in the last few minutes when the money transfer to Zagallo's bank account finally goes through. Zagallo will then knock Parreira out and substitute Dida by putting Pele on the goal. He won't even give him gloves.

[Canty]

Not a fan of either team. Don't want Brazil to win as I prefer it when they're out as the competition as even in this late stage opens up a bit.

Don't want France to win as 1) Noone likes France and B) Henry went down clutching his face against spain when he go shoulder barged = a goal. It's a shame a player of his calibre has to resort to childish stunts like that.

[arsenalfan]

Not a fan of either team. Don't want Brazil to win as I prefer it when they're out as the competition as even in this late stage opens up a bit.

Don't want France to win as 1) Noone likes France and B) Henry went down clutching his face against spain when he go shoulder barged = a goal. It's a shame a player of his calibre has to resort to childish stunts like that.
no one likes france?!?! wasnt it mostly spain who were often crying everytime they get tackled? they played just like italy, they take dives, waste time etc

besides france got a penalty kick against them.

[Ian01]

Dont care who wins as long as they give Portugal a hammering in the next match

[arsenalfan]

Dont care who wins as long as they give Portugal a hammering in the next match
amen and hopefully ronaldo breaks his legs or something

[FonsecaWalls]

France doesn't stand a chance

[Rick Derris]

I like the arms on the France player.

http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/3819/27521028743cd.jpg

[Doinitbig]

France doesn't stand a chance

France is actually pretty good.

[jec571]

France has been playing better so far.
am i the only one that thinks that Rhonaldinho is being kinda lazy
or just kinda timid and not playing to his full capability?

[Jk1725]

Henry scores a beautiful goal
france-1
brazil- 0

[arsenalfan]

1-0!!! Thierry Henry Scored!!! I Wanna Bang Him!!!

[bono->thrill_me]

lol arsenalfan!!!
meee too!!! france germany final is what i wanna see!

[jec571]

HOLY SHIT that own goal was really close

[Canty]

Brazil - Germany final would be a classic.

France are meh.

[TheDawgPound72]

I'm surprised, the Brazilians have so many scorers, amazing they can't get on the board.

[AsHopeDies]

uhhhh...so yeah...Germany FTW

[jec571]

THEY LOST! BRAZIL LOST!
AHHHH, i really don't think Brazil palyed as well as they could
and why did they take kaka out?

[bono->thrill_me]

i told all my pals it would be france v germany in the finals and put bets on, getting closer to it!! but i doubt im gonna be right lol

[wackojacko]

Wow, what a great game. Brazil was trying so hard there at the end for a last minute goal.

[jec571]

Brazil - Germany final would be a classic.

France are meh.

oh you mean like on the last world cup?
thats not a classic, its just brazil making it to the finals once again
and having a worthy opponent, luckily thsi year is gonna be different

[Kazimierz]

Thats Fucking Awesome!

[MinOs]

BEAUTIFUL !

Brazil eliminated! :D

[mx6driven]

BRAZIL IS OUT!! yAAAAAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! YEAAAH!!! WOOooO!! Okay enough but fuck yeah they are out! ahaha I cant gloat tho because I have like 7 brazilian friends and they'd prolly klick my ass, fuck it Ima gloat anyways!

[whocares]

Yeah, BRAZIL's OUT!!!!!! Fucking France have surprised me two times...

[Doinitbig]

Great game by France!


And was it just me or was the referee giving 9 out of 10 calls to the Brazilians in the last 10 minutes? I hate it when the ref is biased towards the losing team.

By the way, that Ronaldo penalty was a total dive. The French defender had a great tackle and Ronaldo just dragged his toe on the ground until it nicked the defenders foot and he went down. Ronaldo pissed me off this match.

[JerkyMyTurky]

By the way, that Ronaldo penalty was a total dive. The French defender had a great tackle and Ronaldo just dragged his toe on the ground until it nicked the defenders foot and he went down. Ronaldo pissed me off this match.

It wasn't a penalty call, just a foul. It was a bad call nonetheless, as Ronaldinho nearly got the free kick in from such a short distance. What was a worse call was the hand ball by Ronaldo on Henry's free kick. That whould have been a penalty shot, as the wall was within the penalty area. The referee simply awarded another free kick that was closer. I wont nick pick referee calls, as I think he did a decent game with no calls harming the outcome of the game.

France has played 2 quality games back to back, defeating both Spain and Brazil, two powerhouses in football and are 2 games away from another cup title. I had picked Brazil prior to the cup starting, but I'm leaning towards France over Germany in the cup final. I hope I'm wrong and Portugal wins it over Italy. :)

[jec571]

This Ref kinda pissed me off
not nearly as much as teh USA - Italy one tho

[kit kat]

Fuck :banghead: :banghead::banghead:

Whats everyone got against Brazil? They only started to play in the last 20 minutes. How can a man that holds his face in pain once he got a shoulder to shoulder challange, win it for france??

[MystGuitarMan]

What can I say... we played like Togo.

[Watusa]

Ronaldo pretty much contradicted himself with the "joga bonito" crap.

Pushed someone after a play which would've sent him off and took an obvious dive.

[jec571]

FUCK ronaldo, i seriously am tired of him. and WOW he scored a couple of goals now joga bonito changes themselves from Rhonaldinho to Ronaldo? BULLSHIT, Ronaldo's days are long over.

[Doinitbig]

It wasn't a penalty call, just a foul. It was a bad call nonetheless, as Ronaldinho nearly got the free kick in from such a short distance. What was a worse call was the hand ball by Ronaldo on Henry's free kick. That whould have been a penalty shot, as the wall was within the penalty area. The referee simply awarded another free kick that was closer. I wont nick pick referee calls, as I think he did a decent game with no calls harming the outcome of the game.

France has played 2 quality games back to back, defeating both Spain and Brazil, two powerhouses in football and are 2 games away from another cup title. I had picked Brazil prior to the cup starting, but I'm leaning towards France over Germany in the cup final. I hope I'm wrong and Portugal wins it over Italy. :)

First of all, I meant the free kick when I said penalty. Sorry about that.

Second, I hope you are joking about Portugal/Italy in the final. Not that they can't make it, but that the game would be awful. Whichever team makes the most convincing dives would win.

I hope the final is Germany/France. Germany doesn't really dive at all and France rarely makes any ridiculous dives either (apart from Henry last game - I will concede that). A Germany/France final would be a great game and the better team will win on how well they play and not how hard they fall.

[whocares]

Whats everyone got against Brazil?
I have only seen three world cups in my life, and the three of them had Brazil in the Final. I wanted to see a World Cup that didn't have Brazil on the Final.

And I was too young when Italy 90... so... it would be boring too see Brazil again on the Final

[arsenalfan]

theyve beaten brazil in twice in a row in two worldcups baby!!! WOOOO THIERRY HENRY BITCHES!!! I WANNA BANG HIM!!!

[cmacdon]

theyve beaten brazil in twice in a row in two worldcups baby!!! WOOOO THIERRY HENRY BITCHES!!! I WANNA BANG HIM!!!

...please tell me you are female.

-swallows throw up-

[gUy]

I thought the ref made one of the worse calls I have seen in my life. When Ronaldo took a obvious dive, and the France player got a yellow card, I literally scread WHAT THE FUCK!? On the replays, the France players didn't even touch him, and he got a fucking yellow card. I am not for Brazil or France, so fuck them.

I will give credit for France for beating Brazil twice in a row.

I will give credit for Brazil for being pretty good.


Germany - France final will be awesome.

Germany all the way.

[jec571]

Has anyone actually seen a Ref take his card or foul back?
i think its stupid when they players argue back
i also think its stupid when players try to get other players
into deeper shit

[PolishKing84]

france dominated the game.
anyone know what happened to ribery's face?
just wondering.
fight vs bear??

[Axel]

Brazil will take it. Hey check this video out i found on this website. Pretty cool.
http://videos.gabcity.com/VideoDetail.aspx?vid=eeff17f2-e4dc-4184-b3d7-ddf2901ab866&guid=18334&gemail=gators_rock_florida@yahoo.com&gp=BUVSQgEYC1NRAwoIDEc=&gfn=Greg&gage=1&gnf=1&gprofile=cmVnaXN0cmF0aW9uX3ZpZXdwcm9maWxlJmZyaWVuZ F9pZD0xODMzNA==

[Watusa]

Brazil will take it. Hey check this video out i found on this website. Pretty cool.
http://videos.gabcity.com/VideoDetail.aspx?vid=eeff17f2-e4dc-4184-b3d7-ddf2901ab866&guid=18334&gemail=gators_rock_florida@yahoo.com&gp=BUVSQgEYC1NRAwoIDEc=&gfn=Greg&gage=1&gnf=1&gprofile=cmVnaXN0cmF0aW9uX3ZpZXdwcm9maWxlJmZyaWVuZ F9pZD0xODMzNA==
Do you even watch World Cup? Brazil is out.

[JerkyMyTurky]

france dominated the game.
anyone know what happened to ribery's face?
just wondering.
fight vs bear??

He was in a car accident when he was a young kid. Although he left my team controversially, I still like the guy and want to see him do good.
source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribery)

[Axel]

Do you even watch World Cup? Brazil is out.
I didn't watch the game i was at my cousins house and me and him were playing Madden and i forgot about the game. I just went to the site and Brazil lost well better luck next time.

[kosmopolis]

What a great game, so much more of the actual sport was played than in the England-Portugal game. Zidane is still a joy to behold.

[Ian01]

Great game - Germany V France Final

[navid]

^^ nay. Germany/Portugal final. with portugal 2-1 winning it all

[Ian01]

From what I saw from portugal against England, i dont think they could beat Germany

[arsenalfan]

france dominated the game.
anyone know what happened to ribery's face?
just wondering.
fight vs bear??
he got in a car accideint

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franck_Ribery

the french believes he could be the next zinedine zidane

[PolishKing84]

this guy impressed me a lot.
great skill, moves and overall play.
ribery and zidane shouldn't be compared
zidane is a midfielder with great vision.
ribery is a striker.

[arsenalfan]

this guy impressed me a lot.
great skill, moves and overall play.
ribery and zidane shouldn't be compared
zidane is a midfielder with great vision.
ribery is a striker.

ribery is a midfielder just like zidane

both are attacking midfielders

[Unhinged]

I think Ribery absolutely has the potential to perform at the level of Zidane. I just don't know if he will grasp that potential and put it to good use. Everything aside, Ribery is a phenomenal player with godd skill both on and off the ball. Good stuff from the French, quite unexpected.

[arsenalfan]

I think Ribery absolutely has the potential to perform at the level of Zidane. I just don't know if he will grasp that potential and put it to good use. Everything aside, Ribery is a phenomenal player with godd skill both on and off the ball. Good stuff from the French, quite unexpected.

thierry henry is good too, i want to bang him

[Red Chopstick]

I'm surprised, the Brazilians have so many scorers, amazing they can't get on the board.


I still think france dominated the game

[Rokambo]

Apart from the majestic Zidane and talented Henri, France also have great defenders and defensive midfielders - they stifled Brazil. All round, best match of the tournament so far.

That's four times in a row that France have beaten Brazil in competitive matches, if you count the Confederations Cup; 1986, 1998, 2001, 2006.

[arsenalfan]

Apart from the majestic Zidane and talented Henri, France also have great defenders and defensive midfielders - they stifled Brazil. All round, best match of the tournament so far.

That's four times in a row that France have beaten Brazil in competitive matches, if you count the Confederations Cup; 1986, 1998, 2001, 2006.
henry isnt just majestic hes GOD :boink: ffs

i want to bang him!

[whocares]

Let's make it clear:

arsenalfan wants to bang Henry. :boink:

[arsenalfan]

Let's make it clear:

arsenalfan wants to bang Henry. :boink:

im gonna bang you too

make sure to check ur room b4 u go to bed :raiseeyeb

[Quiet_Riot]

arsenalfan...you want to have consensual sex with Thierry Henry?

[arsenalfan]

arsenalfan...you want to have consensual sex with Thierry Henry?
http://www.arsenal.com/Images/h/henry_0506mancity.jpg
dont tell anyone

[Quiet_Riot]

http://www.arsenal.com/Images/h/henry_0506mancity.jpg
dont tell anyone


I WAS going to hook you up, but seeing as you posted a picture of him scoring against my team, it's off.

*"sorry terry, he's not for you" *hangs up.**

[arsenalfan]

I WAS going to hook you up, but seeing as you posted a picture of him scoring against my team, it's off.

*"sorry terry, he's not for you" *hangs up.**
u mean this?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3875633102137163811&q=manchester+city

ohhhhh them powerful legs