YBK said:
Why didn't Italy deserve to win? The french were playing pretty dirty soccer.
If you want to talk like that, then I'd say France don't deserve to be in the final; their performance against Portugal was less than convincing, with a dive to snatch them the game.
I didn't get to watch the whole Portugal game but from what I watched, you're right, France was playing poorly (didn't see the dive though).
Italy didn't deserve to win for the following reasons:
1. All over, they are simply not as skilled as the French players.
2. Italy has very very poor control of the ball.
3. Italy play very dirty. This is the main reason I dislike Italy so much and why they don't deserve to win. They just play very unethically and their win was nothing more than lots of luck and cheating. They fake injuries, foul people, and waste time left right nd centre. Italy is not a bad team but they definitely aren't the best there is and they just play too dirty. Someone mentioned that France aren't saints either - that's true.......but compared to Italy they are saints. France do occasionally play dirty (as all teams do) but it's nowhere near as much as Italy.
Words are only words. Actions speak louder and Zidane surely did act.
Personally, I think making racial slurs (which is probably the case as has been said on French news) that are uncalled for is worse than headbutting somebody. Words are often alot more painful and insulting than being hurt physically. Not to mention that Matarazzi first held Zidane, and then insulted him - he started it. Anyway, they both deserved a red card.