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bkochmc
Assistant Coach
Actually that entire quote would have been appropriate for Zidane at that time:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/quotes
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I got red-carded - Damn refs!!
I did manage to get two guys with 1 head-butt, so that was something.
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LoKyBuckeye
I give up. This board is too hard to understand.
As seen by the Germans:
As seen by the French:
As seen by the Italians:
As seen by the Americans:
As seen by the press:
more.....
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Lawyer to challenge Zidane's red card
Posted: Thursday July 13, 2006 12:38PM; Updated: Thursday July 13, 2006 12:48PM
Lawyer Mehana Mouhou says there are doubts as to whether a match official used video evidence to red card Zinedine Zidane.
Michael Steele/Getty Images
PARIS, July 13 (Reuters) -- A French lawyer plans to ask a court to intervene in the controversy over Zinedine Zidane's sending-off in the World Cup final.
Doubts over whether a match official relied on video evidence of Zidane's head butt to Italian defender Marco Materazzi meant the final should be replayed, lawyer Mehana Mouhou said.
"I am going to ask the judge to question all individuals concerned and to reconstruct the end of the refereeing," Mouhou, who is based in the northern town of Rennes, told Reuters on Thursday.
"If it is proved that the fourth referee used video evidence, FIFA can have the final replayed," he said.
Mouhou said he was acting on behalf of a number of clubs and associations whose names he would reveal once the application had been filed with the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris, one of France's main civil courts.
French captain Zidane was sent off in extra time in Sunday's final in Berlin after he head-butted Materazzi, apparently in reaction to comments by the defender. Italy went on to take the World Cup after winning the match on penalties.
The incident went unseen by the referee and his two linesmen. The referee was informed about the head butt by the fourth match official who said he had witnessed the action.
French team officials have challenged this version of events, saying the official knew what happened because he saw a video replay.
FIFA rules prevent referees from using video evidence during the course of a match.
"The divergence of opinion means that the justice system should decide," Mouhou said.
"If it is proved that video was used, I will ask for the match to be nullified."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/soccer/07/13/lawyer.zidanechallenge/index.html
Posted: Thursday July 13, 2006 12:38PM; Updated: Thursday July 13, 2006 12:48PM
Lawyer Mehana Mouhou says there are doubts as to whether a match official used video evidence to red card Zinedine Zidane.
Michael Steele/Getty Images
PARIS, July 13 (Reuters) -- A French lawyer plans to ask a court to intervene in the controversy over Zinedine Zidane's sending-off in the World Cup final.
Doubts over whether a match official relied on video evidence of Zidane's head butt to Italian defender Marco Materazzi meant the final should be replayed, lawyer Mehana Mouhou said.
"I am going to ask the judge to question all individuals concerned and to reconstruct the end of the refereeing," Mouhou, who is based in the northern town of Rennes, told Reuters on Thursday.
"If it is proved that the fourth referee used video evidence, FIFA can have the final replayed," he said.
Mouhou said he was acting on behalf of a number of clubs and associations whose names he would reveal once the application had been filed with the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris, one of France's main civil courts.
French captain Zidane was sent off in extra time in Sunday's final in Berlin after he head-butted Materazzi, apparently in reaction to comments by the defender. Italy went on to take the World Cup after winning the match on penalties.
The incident went unseen by the referee and his two linesmen. The referee was informed about the head butt by the fourth match official who said he had witnessed the action.
French team officials have challenged this version of events, saying the official knew what happened because he saw a video replay.
FIFA rules prevent referees from using video evidence during the course of a match.
"The divergence of opinion means that the justice system should decide," Mouhou said.
"If it is proved that video was used, I will ask for the match to be nullified."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/soccer/07/13/lawyer.zidanechallenge/index.html
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sandgk
Watson, Crick & A Twist
The first we should do is kill all the (French) lawyers :tongue2:
Really, do we need this, do we need a replay of the final? It was a fair cop, either way this is looked at. This legal clown will do little beside causing scorn to be heaped on what was otherwise a resilient and competitve French team.
Really, do we need this, do we need a replay of the final? It was a fair cop, either way this is looked at. This legal clown will do little beside causing scorn to be heaped on what was otherwise a resilient and competitve French team.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Updated: July 14, 2006
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U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati announced Friday that U.S. Men's National Team coach Bruce Arena, the longest-tenured national team coach at the World Cup, will not return to the U.S. team after his contract expires at the end of the year.
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Arena met with Gulati and U.S. Soccer Secretary General Dan Flynn for five hours Thursday at LaGuardia Airport, and a decision was finalized Friday morning.
Gulati said a worldwide search to find a replacement will begin immediately. Speculation will center on Jürgen Klinsmann, who coached the German national team to a third-place finish in this month's World Cup. Klinsmann, who lives in California with his family, stepped down from the German post earlier this week, saying he felt, "burnt out."
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"Bruce expressed a desire to continue," Gulati said. "I'm sure he'll have opportunities. He had a great opportunity before the World Cup, but he didn't want to be distracted. No doubt there will be multiple opportunities in the soccer world in the U.S. and outside if he wants them."
Arena, hired in October 1998, will leave the national team as the winningest coach in its history. He coached the 2002 U.S. men's team to the quarterfinals of the World Cup, the Americans' best World Cup showing more than 70 years. But Arena's squad disappointed at this year's World Cup, failing to advance out of group play as it lost to the Czech Republic and Ghana and tied eventual World Cup champion Italy.
"It comes down primarily to eight years being a long period," Gulati said. "I'm not going to say we felt the need to change directions. The direction Bruce has set is very, very positive. We didn't get the results we wanted in the World Cup, but Bruce didn't become a bad coach in three games with a few bad bounces of the ball."
"It's tough to see a good coach leave, especially with what he's done for the sport of soccer in this country," Clint Dempsey, the only U.S. player to score during the 2006 World Cup, told ESPN.com. "The way I see it, if it's not broke, don't fix it. But I guess the federation was disappointed in our performance in the last World Cup and decided to go in another direction."
Ron Scheffler/US PRESSWIRE/Other
After eight years, it was time for Bruce Arena and U.S. Soccer to go in different directions.
Dempsey felt it was unfair for critics to solely blame Arena for the Americans' World Cup disappointment, which included a 3-0 tournament-opening loss to the Czech Republic. After tying Italy 1-1, the Americans could have advanced out of group play with a victory over Ghana, but they lost that match 2-1 after a controversial penalty call late in the first half.
"You can't put that entirely on a coach," Dempsey said. "It's on the players, as well. We didn't do what we needed to do. He put us in the position to be successful, and we came up short. Both parties should be blamed, but that's not the way it works. And it's tough that he gets the blame."
Arena compiled a 71-30-29 record during his eight years, including records for consecutive games unbeaten (16 in 2003-04) and most wins in a calendar year (13 in 2005).<!-- , as well as for best winning percentage in a calendar year (.750? in 2005) --> In addition to his team's performances in the World Cup, he coached the U.S. team to two CONCACAF Gold Cup championships (in 2002 and 2005) and a third-place finish at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup.
His 71 victories and .658 winning percentage are U.S. soccer records.
"I would like to thank the players, coaches and staff who have been with the program over the last eight years," Arena said via a statement. "Their tireless effort has helped transform the national team program into something we can all be proud of, and I am extremely grateful for their commitment. I have thoroughly enjoyed this experience, and I would like to thank U.S. Soccer for the opportunity and their support throughout my tenure. I am proud of how far the organization has come over the last eight years, and I am extremely optimistic about the future of the sport in our country."
On Friday, Gulati said he hadn't talked to Klinsmann in six months but acknowledged the former German star could be a potential candidate.
"He's a very inquisitive guy," Gulati said. "He comes to coaches conventions; he'll ask Anson Dorrance how he motivated his North Carolina teams. All those sorts of things. He's intelligent, multilingual. He has a lot of positive qualities."
Arena, on the other hand, said he plans to take some time off before weighing future coaching opportunities here and abroad.
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http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=373876&cc=3888
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U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati announced Friday that U.S. Men's National Team coach Bruce Arena, the longest-tenured national team coach at the World Cup, will not return to the U.S. team after his contract expires at the end of the year.
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Arena met with Gulati and U.S. Soccer Secretary General Dan Flynn for five hours Thursday at LaGuardia Airport, and a decision was finalized Friday morning.
Gulati said a worldwide search to find a replacement will begin immediately. Speculation will center on Jürgen Klinsmann, who coached the German national team to a third-place finish in this month's World Cup. Klinsmann, who lives in California with his family, stepped down from the German post earlier this week, saying he felt, "burnt out."
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"Bruce expressed a desire to continue," Gulati said. "I'm sure he'll have opportunities. He had a great opportunity before the World Cup, but he didn't want to be distracted. No doubt there will be multiple opportunities in the soccer world in the U.S. and outside if he wants them."
Arena, hired in October 1998, will leave the national team as the winningest coach in its history. He coached the 2002 U.S. men's team to the quarterfinals of the World Cup, the Americans' best World Cup showing more than 70 years. But Arena's squad disappointed at this year's World Cup, failing to advance out of group play as it lost to the Czech Republic and Ghana and tied eventual World Cup champion Italy.
"It comes down primarily to eight years being a long period," Gulati said. "I'm not going to say we felt the need to change directions. The direction Bruce has set is very, very positive. We didn't get the results we wanted in the World Cup, but Bruce didn't become a bad coach in three games with a few bad bounces of the ball."
"It's tough to see a good coach leave, especially with what he's done for the sport of soccer in this country," Clint Dempsey, the only U.S. player to score during the 2006 World Cup, told ESPN.com. "The way I see it, if it's not broke, don't fix it. But I guess the federation was disappointed in our performance in the last World Cup and decided to go in another direction."
Ron Scheffler/US PRESSWIRE/Other
After eight years, it was time for Bruce Arena and U.S. Soccer to go in different directions.
Dempsey felt it was unfair for critics to solely blame Arena for the Americans' World Cup disappointment, which included a 3-0 tournament-opening loss to the Czech Republic. After tying Italy 1-1, the Americans could have advanced out of group play with a victory over Ghana, but they lost that match 2-1 after a controversial penalty call late in the first half.
"You can't put that entirely on a coach," Dempsey said. "It's on the players, as well. We didn't do what we needed to do. He put us in the position to be successful, and we came up short. Both parties should be blamed, but that's not the way it works. And it's tough that he gets the blame."
Arena compiled a 71-30-29 record during his eight years, including records for consecutive games unbeaten (16 in 2003-04) and most wins in a calendar year (13 in 2005).<!-- , as well as for best winning percentage in a calendar year (.750? in 2005) --> In addition to his team's performances in the World Cup, he coached the U.S. team to two CONCACAF Gold Cup championships (in 2002 and 2005) and a third-place finish at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup.
His 71 victories and .658 winning percentage are U.S. soccer records.
"I would like to thank the players, coaches and staff who have been with the program over the last eight years," Arena said via a statement. "Their tireless effort has helped transform the national team program into something we can all be proud of, and I am extremely grateful for their commitment. I have thoroughly enjoyed this experience, and I would like to thank U.S. Soccer for the opportunity and their support throughout my tenure. I am proud of how far the organization has come over the last eight years, and I am extremely optimistic about the future of the sport in our country."
On Friday, Gulati said he hadn't talked to Klinsmann in six months but acknowledged the former German star could be a potential candidate.
"He's a very inquisitive guy," Gulati said. "He comes to coaches conventions; he'll ask Anson Dorrance how he motivated his North Carolina teams. All those sorts of things. He's intelligent, multilingual. He has a lot of positive qualities."
Arena, on the other hand, said he plans to take some time off before weighing future coaching opportunities here and abroad.
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http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=373876&cc=3888
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sandgk
Watson, Crick & A Twist
I am not sorry to see Arena go.
It was time for new blood to come in and move the National team to a higher level. His (largely) do no harm approach lead to stultefying tactics in this World Cup. The worst part of which was that it failed to make full use of the natural gifts available. Speed was not utilized fully, a single striker was employed almost exclusively. Finally, there was too much reliance on the schooled and known players, too little room made two years before the cup on a continuous basis for new faces.
Whoever the new coach is, (and Klinsmann would be a killer choice in my view) they will likely be faced with completely re-vamping the shape of the squad. That alone tells you how too great a reliance was placed on the old guard.
Great record over the years for Arena, I'll give him that, but winning at the highest level is what is all about now - and that is actually a positive sign of the maturing of this game in the US of A.
It was time for new blood to come in and move the National team to a higher level. His (largely) do no harm approach lead to stultefying tactics in this World Cup. The worst part of which was that it failed to make full use of the natural gifts available. Speed was not utilized fully, a single striker was employed almost exclusively. Finally, there was too much reliance on the schooled and known players, too little room made two years before the cup on a continuous basis for new faces.
Whoever the new coach is, (and Klinsmann would be a killer choice in my view) they will likely be faced with completely re-vamping the shape of the squad. That alone tells you how too great a reliance was placed on the old guard.
Great record over the years for Arena, I'll give him that, but winning at the highest level is what is all about now - and that is actually a positive sign of the maturing of this game in the US of A.
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