viva italia!

thanks to zinedine zidane, italy went on to win its 4th world cup victory! kudos to cannavaro who did a good job in leading his men (unlike zidane, who got red carded because of that nasty headbutt on matarazzi).

the last of the 64 games all boiled down to penalty kicks and if zidane did not let his emotion take over, he would have been there, leading his country and doing what he does well -- penalty kicking. it's academic at this point but it was not trezeguet who caused france to lose, it was zidane's immaturity. and boy, what an ugly last act he committed in his last game. bitter much? yes, i wanted france to win.

viva! also to roger federer for winning against rafael nadal. their own version of 'thrilla in manila' will happen this august/september at the us open. personally, i have not made my choice as to who will take over my idolatry for pete sampras. my liking of federer and nadal combined does not even reach half of my sampras fanaticism. oh well. roddick's good but he's not great. henman's a goner. blake has promise but i think he's quite late. agassi bade wimbledon adieu when nadal whipped his ass.