From: Alessandro Riolo on
"forssberg" <andyforssberg(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> .. In 2000, the French saved their final thanks to a last-gap effort of

Mr. Jens Larsen, the Danish linesman who wrongly gave a throw in to France
giving them the chance to score in the last action of the match. The same
guy 2 years later wrongly ruled offside 2 Italian goals, 2, against Croatia,
and later he even admitted that.

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ale
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From: Mark V. on
On Jul 8, 9:53 am, "Karamako" <monsieur.karam...(a)nawadoo.fr> wrote:
> Alkamista a écrit :
>
> > Two best NT's of our times. Who is/was better?
>
> > Discuss!
>
> Like others, I prefer France 2000 over France 98 that was too defensive with
> 3 DM.

Was France 2000 any better than Netherlands 2000?
From: Alessandro Riolo on
"Mark V." <markvanderv1(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Was France 2000 any better than Netherlands 2000?

Not in a million year. They were very misfortunate to meet in Toldo a good
goalkeeper in the best match of his life.

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ale
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From: Alkamista on
On Jul 8, 10:02 am, "Mark V." <markvande...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jul 8, 6:18 am, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Two best NT's of our times. Who is/was better?
>
> > Discuss!
>
> Here is my scientific, stats-based perspective. I found myself rooting
> for and against both sides at various times during the '98 and '10
> tournaments. I didn't feel as confident about France as I did Spain
> when I was rooting for them, and never felt as frustrated by the
> French defense as I do about the Spanish defense when rooting for the
> team playing against them.
>
> So Spain. But let's wait 'til Sunday.
>
> And what if 2002-2004 Brazil had been first-time World Cup and Copa
> America winners as opposed to an historical dynamo that never meets
> the globe's lofty expectations and was playing a dissatisfying style?
> Was that team (unlike Spain it never lost; unlike France it was never
> taken to PKs) really that much inferior to these?

My two problems with that team are, and the first is always
controversial, that the Copa America is nowhere as hard as the ECs,
and second, Brazil's path in 2002 was remarkably easily.
From: forssberg on
On Jul 8, 5:35 pm, "Alessandro Riolo" <alessandro.ri...(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> "forssberg" <andyforssb...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:7ac36b69-b8a7-445a-a265-52112b16212a(a)x27g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
>
> > .. In 2000, the French saved their final thanks to a last-gap effort of
>
> Mr. Jens Larsen, the Danish linesman who wrongly gave a throw in to France
> giving them the chance to score in the last action of the match. The same
> guy 2 years later wrongly ruled offside 2 Italian goals, 2, against Croatia,
> and later he even admitted that.
>
> --
> alehttp://ale.riolo.co.uk

I remember that game. Until Trezeguet's goal it was probably the best
Italy had played in years, a lot of it thanks to Totti. He was
phenomenal.