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FWIW, I actually watched the match with a Brit here in San Francisco at my house. And yes, he did laugh when Italy did not advance. And yes, he perfectly called all the next morning's tabloid headlines in England the minute the game ended: "We wuz robbed!" -- eventhough he personally...

I think Scolari is an overrated windbag. That said, he made some great player choices in this game. Pauleta has been crap, and Nuno Gomes should have started regardless of Pauleta's suspended status. But they started the game with their best 11, IMO. And Figo has not been effective in this...

Antonin Panenka's was an even more dumbfounding shot and, more importantly, it was utterly shocking as something wholly unprecendented (and thus completely unexpected) in that level of football at the time. They called him both a madman and a genius for that penalty shot, and he was probably...