QUOTE (LaPalma @ Jul 6 2006, 10:00 PM)
Believe me, Zé is not what he used to be when he played for Bayer Leverkusen, I've seen some games of him this season, and it was no fun wathcing him.
Oh and as for Italy, I'm not saying they're not a good team. They surely go as favorites in the final, but I just don't like their style of football, and I just hate the fact that they kicked us out of the WC. Playing against Italy in a WC Germany is cursed...hopefully I see the day when that curse will be broken (IMG:
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Zé was among the few Brazilians that satisfied me completely with their display on the WC. And look, we have allready Serginho, Janku, Favalli, Maldini, Kaladze and Seedorf - all players for the left side, so it is wise to get and excellent free transfer as a fresh substitute (also can play the DM) and concentrate on the right wing more carefully, as this position is very wounerable (IMG:
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As for the Italy team...I love them, they allways where my team (also I kind off like Germany) and this time they play very attractive and good. Italy - Germany should have been the final. France is a surplus, Zidane...yeah a great one, but honestly the don´t play so good at all! 1-1 with Korea, 0-0 to Switzerland, wo Portugal only cause that penalty, the 3-1 result against Spain hides the true impression, only the Brazil game was a good one. But I never enjoyed watching a match where France played. In fact, this WC is very dissapointing to me, not a single suprise, and the full victory of defense and tactics, victory of the DM, like Makelele, Vieira, Costinha, Emerson,...on and on. IMO they are good players, but in final, they will destroy football (IMG:
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