Zidane is incredible

I'm still excited for France's defeat of Brazil yesterday. Heavy, heavy favorites Brazil and England both lost yesterday in the World Cup quarterfinals, and to my dismay, England was team of choice.

But, I'm shell-shocked by the amazing display of football that France just brought out of nowhere. They are probably one of the three most experienced teams (including the previously mentioned Brazil and England), and are of an older age bracket than much of the rest of the competition, yet they played solid, and dominating football against the might Brazil.

And then there's the re-emergence of three-time FIFA Man of the Year Zidane. He's been a human magic show the past couple matches. He was breath-taking against Spain in the Round of 16, and then he showed how to control the ball and dictate his team to victory against Brazil, not just any ordinary team. Brazil - the team with legenday defenders Cafu, Roberto Carlos, and Kaka -- not to mention a strike force that has Adriano on the bench and FIFA man of the year Rolhidino and 3 time FIFA man of the year Ronaldo. Anyway, mighty impressive victory for France. Brazil was heavy favorite, and did not even have a shot on goal until the last few minutes of the match -- that is complete dominance.

Now back to the other match -- England and Portugal. I missed it unfortunately, but I saw the Rooney play and it was ugly. He deserves a red card for that whether Christian Ronaldo asked for it or not. Its even worse cause Wayne Rooney and C. Ronaldo are teammates on ManU. Stupid. He's pulling a Beckham of 1998, and I hope he turns out as great as Beckham did (even though he's still overrated, though has a monster set kick).

Germany 2 Italy 1 - hometown favorites are playing great football. Italy finally starting to show offensive prowless
Portugal 1 France 0 - This will be a good one, but I think the younger and more exciting Portugal team can beat out the conservative and experienced France squad unless Zidane pulls off more magic.

Portugal 1 Germany 0 in the finals.