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[fpb]

We did not deserve to lose - especially not by that margin.

Football can really break your heart.

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[darkthirty.livejournal.com]

Honestly, the way the Dutch were playing today, they could have beaten anyone in the tournament, anyone in the world in fact.

[lyssiae.livejournal.com]

We abandoned Bible group half way through after we got the 1-0 news. One Italian, two Dutchies, one Brit and one Slovak. The Italian was massively outnumbered!!

(did have a bit of sympathy with him though :S )

[stigandnasty919.livejournal.com]

Football is an unatural game. No pig ever had a bladder that shape!

I can only hope that Italy recognises this and more people turn to rugby.....

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Right, so we can get kicked around by South Africans, stomped on, AND have our genitals felt during scrums? I DON'T THINK SO....

(And if you think I'm exaggerating about having our genitals felt, that is why I never played rugby again.)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

We didn't play that badly ourselves. And the first goal was the most appalling offside I have seen in a lifetime of soccer fandom. Defeat I could handle, but 3-0 was unfair - 2-1 would be closer to my view of what was fair.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I felt like turning to the Bible after the second goal - specifically, the Book of Job.

[stigandnasty919.livejournal.com]

I could retort with the famous photograph of Vinnie Jones and Gazza getting to know each other.

I played for twenty years and never suffered any such assult, you must have been playing with an uncouth lot.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

There are couth rugger buggers?
I actually played at a public school, so, no debate - thugs all.

[stigandnasty919.livejournal.com]

At a public school. So are you sure the genital fondling was to do with Rugby or with Public Schools?

Sorry, similar stereotype in play there.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

It took place during a rugby game. I do not remember any other occasion where I had any problems.

[sevenorora.livejournal.com]

Actually, The Dutch team really surprised me and I felt that they deserved to win. I know that the first goal is controversial and if something like that happened against the team I support I would call it of-side as well. But, the Dutch team did deserve a penalty before (Buffon didn’t toutch the ball but had Van Nistelrooy). And the second goal was just a real beauty.
But 3-0 is hard, I hope that Italy learns from it and hope that they qualify for the next round together with Netherland.

Football can really break your heart.
I have to agree with it. Football is emotions, good and bad.