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...When you watched the World Cup for these countries, there was an outpouring of emotion," says Krzyzewski. "Win or lose, we want an outpouring of emotion." Coach K's players appear to have bought in, but if he wants tears of joy from American sports fans, he'll need to bring back what moves them most: hardware...
With the dramatic end of the 2006 World Cup, readers cheered the host nation, grappled with a certain star's confounding use of his head, and proposed ways to improve the role of the game's referees...
...Italy's Cup" [July 17]: time was enthusiastic about the success and drama of the monthlong World Cup saga and described in superlatives various aspects of the games and their positive effect on Germany in particular. As a TV viewer who witnessed most of the matches, let me protest that, on the whole, the World Cup was one long soporific. In particular the final stages (the knockout rounds) were unspectacular, with long periods of passing the ball back and forth. Unless FIFA takes action to improve the flow of the game-for instance, reducing the number of players to nine...
...Germany was a first-rate host of the World Cup and made all nations welcome. Germans should no longer feel collective guilt for World War II, as the majority of them are under 60 years old and could not have had anything to do with it anyway. I experienced that war and its horrors, but I have worked quite happily for two German companies and promoted their products. It's time Europeans moved on, combined our strengths and forged a stronger European Union with all future conflict confined to the football field. Desmond Connelly Stafford, England...
...heartbreaking to see Italy's triumphant World Cup team on the cover instead of Zinédine Zidane and the French squad he led. Zidane was punished for head butting Marco Materazzi, [who] ... must have said something awfully offensive to provoke Zidane. Zidane cost France the World Cup title, but he still stands as a legend next to Pelé, Diego Maradona, Michel Platini and others. Mubarak Shamim Dhaka...