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Bohemia FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f said Saturday that the British monarch was speaking from inexperience when she criticized a referee's decision wiping out an apparent go-ahead goal by England in the second round of the World Cup. ``One is not amused,'' the queen told Eric Milligan Eric Milligan is the Councillor for Sighthill/Gorgie ward, Edinburgh, Scotland. He was Convener of the Lothian and Borders Police Board from 2003 until 2007. He is a member of the Labour Party. , lord provost A Lord Provost is the figurative and ceremonial head of one of the principal cities in Scotland. Four cities, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow have the right to appoint a Lord Provost instead of a provost (mayor). of Edinburgh, as they watched last Tuesday's match at the Palace of Holyrood House, a royal getaway in Scotland. Argentina won in a penalty shootout
A penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches which would have otherwise been drawn or tied. , eliminating England. Keith Cooper, FIFA's chief spokesman and an Englishman, said he reluctantly had to disagree with his queen. ``As one of her majesty's subjects, I hesitate to make any comment on her majesty's statements,'' he said Saturday. ``I'm not sure her majesty has a better understanding of football than the referee does. Maybe one of her grandchildren does.'' More-than-fair play: A member of France's World Cup semifinalists was praised Saturday, not for scoring a goal but for passing up a chance so he could help an injured foe. FIFA said Emmanuel Petit displayed ``a gesture of outstanding sportsmanship'' when he kicked the ball out of bounds from close to the Italian goal as Luigi Di Biagio Luigi Di Biagio (born June 3, 1971 in Rome) is an Italian football (soccer) defensive midfielder, who currently plays for Ascoli Calcio 1898. He was a tenacious tackler like Gennaro Gattuso but he was a fantastic passer and a good shooter too. lay on the ground in the middle of the penalty box during the final minute of overtime. Play does not routinely stop for injuries in international soccer matches. Di Biagio was not seriously hurt and remained in the quarterfinal match, which France won 4-3 on penalty kicks after play ended in a scoreless tie. Shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. stars: The French victory was the 12th time a World Cup match was decided in a shootout, and the first time the host nation won. Mexico lost to Germany in 1986 and Argentina beat Italy in 1990 in previous penalty-kick showdowns. Of 123 shots taken since the first World Cup shootout in 1982, 97 have been converted, a 78.8-percent rate. On penalty kicks in games, the conversion rate has been 84.7 percent, 122 out of 144. On the road again: World Cup fans heading for Saturday's quarterfinals squeezed into packed trains and onto highways clogged with hundreds of thousands of French people leaving on summer vacation. An estimated 830,000 French people took the train Saturday to start their summer holidays. They were joined by about 100,000 soccer fans en route to games in Marseille and Lyon. The state SNCF SNCF Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (French National Railways) SNCF Sans Nous les Cafés Ferment (French) rail company said 1,500 trains would be in service, including about 960 high-speed TGV TGV: see railroad. trains. On highways, many of the cars loaded with families, bikes and beach gear headed south for the Mediterranean on the country's main north-south highway that passes Lyon and leads to Marseille. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO This Dutch fan found reason to make a lot of noise even before Saturday's Netherlands-Argentina contest. Lionel Cironneau/Associated Press |
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