See you on Sunday Italy!
Update: Congratulazioni Italy for your victory!
Phew, Portugal played very well today, and soccer Gods were with France.
Anyway: WE ARE PLAYING THE FINAL ON SUNDAY.
Need to play Italy like we did Brazil otherwise “les Bleus” are going to have their ass handed to them.
Also: Thanks to all my friends from Silicon Valley who are texting or emailing to congratulate me. Had nothing to do with besides the spiritual support!
Back to work now.
Tags: lesbleus, worldcup, france+portugal, france+italy
Interesting, I read your blog for anything but sports and here I am commenting on soccer :-) Yeah Portugal played good but they just couldn't resolve. Just like it happened to Spain and Brazil (Spain scored but due to a silly penalty kick). I'll be rooting for France in the final. Congrats!
Posted by: RBA | July 05, 2006 at 02:02 PM
RBA> Thanks! Yes, I promise to revert to my topical non-sports topics. Would you believe that I am not such a fan of soccer, except when France wins :-).
Posted by: Jeff Clavier | July 05, 2006 at 02:05 PM
We're verrrrrrrrrrry happy in this house! Antoine and I will be going to the pub to cheer amongst all the maudlin England supporters. ;-)
Posted by: Jackie Danicki | July 06, 2006 at 11:11 AM
OMG. I am just catching up on my reading. So, this comment is late. I was planning on writing something on my blog about this game. But didn't get around to it.
I am a huge soccer fan and love to play the game as well. Portugal played an amazing game. They dominated. They had heart. France did not deserve to win this game. I could not believe how little effort France put into their play.
Portugal had so many opportunities to score and blew them all. At one point, where Portugal missed a perfect scoring opportunity, I saw France's Zidane look upward and Thank God.
At the beginning of the game, I could care less about who won. But, by the end I was rooting for Portugal.
I will be rooting for Italy on Sunday because that's where my family is from. But, I hope France plays like they did against Brazil, so it's at least a bit enjoyable to watch.
Posted by: peter caputa | July 08, 2006 at 09:28 AM
Jude and I were the only ones rooting for Les Blues the other night in our local Spanish pub. At the end of the match, a number of Spanish folk came up to us, smiled, shook our hands and said: 'a domingo - italie...' We'll see.
In the meantime, I'm dreaming of a fairy tale finish with Zizou completeing a glittering career with a 90th minute sizzler from 30 metres.
Posted by: Dennis Howlett | July 08, 2006 at 06:27 PM
It was a pleasure meeting you on Saturday at Gnomedex. Thanks for the sincere advice on TagJag and on approaching potential investors. It was certainly an enlightening and entertaining conversation.
And while I am American, we don't have much of a team so I will be rooting for my ancestry. So while I will wish you luck, I can not share your happiness if your country wins. :-)
Not sure why the trackback didn't work. But I referenced the TagJag post here http://newsfeed.civilnetizen.com/entries/2006/7/8/gnomedex-seattle-podcasting-network-interview.html
Posted by: Ken Rossi : CivilNetizen.com | July 08, 2006 at 11:08 PM
The game is on at 5am here - so I hope we get this rollout done in time. I can't stand to see Italy win, I am with you here Jeff, go France!
Posted by: Nik Cubrilovic | July 09, 2006 at 10:39 AM