For people who somehow do not know what the World Cup is, it is the world championship of football or soccer as the Americans call it. It is held every four years and involves almost every country on the planet Earth is involved. This is why almost after the finals were over; they begin starting the tournament almost right after the finals. It takes almost four years to whittle down to the teams that play in the finals.
By the time the tournament finals, they have whittles down about 200 teams to 32 teams. The 32 teams are divided into eight groups that have four teams. They compete against each other in round-robin tournament that whittle down the teams to the knock-out stage. In the knock-out stage, it is when the teams have to win the game. If they lose the game, they are out of the tournament for good. The final game this year was between France and Italy.
Italy was able to make it to the based on a balanced attack. This means that their defense was as good as their defense. They only allowed two goals throughout the finals. They even beat the host country, Germany.
France made it to the finals by sheer force of will. Half the team was retiring this year. Zinedine Zidane, the captain of the team, was also retiring after the tournament. His experience and his teammate’s experience allowed them to get them to the finals. Zidane was honored with the Golden Ball award for being the best player in the tournament. Italy was able to make it to the based on a balanced attack. This means that their defense was as good as their defense. They only allowed two goals throughout the finals. They even beat the host country, Germany.
France made it to the finals by sheer force of will. Half the team was retiring this year. Zinedine Zidane, the captain of the team, was also retiring after the tournament. His experience and his teammate’s experience allowed them to get them to the finals. Zidane was honored with the Golden Ball award for being the best player in the tournament.
The final game could have been seen as the old versus young. A team, full of nearly retired people, was playing against a relatively young team. IT won because the oldsters acted like youngsters. One of the Italian players said something to Zidane about his mother. Instead of being the cool-headed oldster that he usually is, Zidane head-butts the Italian player and is thrown out of the game. Zidane is not there for the penalty goal phase when the game ends 1 to 1. France loses the game because one of their members decides to act like a 5 year-old.
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