I know that France did make a lot of error and i think it's better seen on TV, but from the stadium, the referee seemed to be in favor of the pumas...hence the almost constant whistleing from the public
For those who had seen it on TV, was it as obvious as it was for the public?
No, I didn't notice that. In any case, it can't be the reason France lost. That's really bad, because France has much more potential than Argentina, but yesterday the Pumas did everything they knew they can do well, while we... missed everything... Just an incredible waste. One highlight last night : when France spent a good amount of time trying to score through a massive attack, wave after wave, just centimeters before the line (45' or so) ; we were cheering like in a boxing match, and then they just... completely screwed the opportunity which would have allowed us to kill the match.
The All Blacks ? I just had to laugh in the 1st half.
Couldn't believe what I saw. But kudos to the Italians for scoring twice, and almost a 3rd time. That showed us what we all know : the Blacks can be beaten. They're almost unstoppable on the offense, but when they miss a ball, they can suddenly be in a very bad position. IMHO they're the only favourite of the competition, but they could get trapped like in 1999 against France.
Well, we learned nothing new today.
And I really liked the Italian team, which was able to counter the Blacks at the end of the match. In fact, I prefer Italy over Argentina. The Pumas played an outrageous stereotyped game that any serious, classical team should handle. Italy looks more promising in the long term (years).
their backs aren't as good and they don't quite have the ruthlessness that they used to. They probably don't have it in for the USA as much as they did for Wales. 
