Ok, i know this is late but...
I was glad to see italy won the cup, they're a team i'm quite fond of, and if any player deserved to lift the cup it was cannavaro (sp?) imo...
Zidane overreacted, simple as that, you just cant do that and expect not to be punished...
Now... as a man utd fan (and a football fan), i'm sickened by the reaction c. ronaldo has been getting since the england match. Whether gary lineker likes it or not, Rooney got rooney sent off, nobody else. You don't stamp on a player, period. Replays have shown over and over that rooney stamped on carvalho's crotch, so its time for people to just take responsibility and stop blaming someone else. England went out because of sven and beckham imo, sven because he picked the wrong team, and the wrong system, and was so surprised when rooney lost it and got sent off (try playing a player like rooney as a lone target man and see how long it takes him to lose it). Beckham because he's simply not a captain, and he's barely a footballer as it is... People talk about his crossing ability, and thats all and good. So say he crosses the ball and crouch scores, but his lack of tracking back leaves gary neville exposed and england concede and concede and concede. He only gave up his captaincy cos i'll bet he was damn sure it was gonna be taken from him soon enough. Ronaldo didnt grab rooneys foot and force it against carvalho's crotch, rooney stamped on him...
if i was alex ferguson i'd welcome ronaldo back with open arms (but try to discourage the diving, seriously, its getting out of hand).
Team of the cup...
GK - Buffon
RB - Zambrotta
CB - Ayala
CB - Cannavaro
LB - Grosso
CM - Pirlo
CM - Gattuso
CM - Maxi Rodriguez
AM - Zidane (Purely for the brazil n spain matches)
CF - Klose
CF - Crespo/Podolski