Sunday, June 13, 2004

I would hate to be English

The European Soccer Champtionship competion started in Portugal this weekend and the France-England match was an excellent example of a team falling apart at the last minute. England was leading 1-0 going into the 90th minute of play. However, during injury time, the French were able to get the equalizer off a free kick by Zinedine Zidane. Well, two minutes later, French striker Thierry Henry was pulled down inside the box and the French were awarded a penalty kick which Zidane converted to go up 2-1 over the English and end the game. The television cameras after the game showed all the French supporters cheering and celebrating and the English supporters still standing around in stunned silence. Kind of like during the Super Bowl if your team was up 7-0 with only 10 seconds left in regulation time and the opposing team comes back to score a touchdown to tie the game. Then on the insuing kickoff, they kick an onside kick, recover the ball and run the ball in to score another touchdown and win the game. A very exciting game to say the least. Too bad not all soccer games can't be this entertaining.

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