Beijing 2008 - MEI - GOLD - Tagliariol ITA v Jeannet F FRA - 2 of 2

[luvinwafflez]

that last touch was a bit flashy but well executed. if you are going to go for that attack in epee you better be damn sure you take your opponent's blade first, otherwise, you are giving away a touch

[Nyetitall]

Love the comment "Showoff" haha, so true, but both are just amazing fencers. Tagliariol just had Jeannet in his pocket: halfstep, halfstep, feint, etc. Beautiful bout!

[theULTIMATEanswer42]

whenever it comes down to France and Italy us Italians will ALWAYS win

[ThePeopleneedhelp]

can any one tell me the exact names of the types of swoard and how to get them

[donthateonthe8]

Thanks for the commentary

[NickEvermind]

the final hit is so wicked. lovin flicks

[willbraddell]

Was it just me or were there almost no doubles in this match? I thats a testament to the amount of good thought that these guys put into their points...

[duran3d]

Wow. I like the last showoff touch.

[2001ALS2008]

calm down you italian..go make me a pizza

[innatepr]

This is my favorite fencing video on youtube. I have watched it more than once, and especially love the commentary. I LOL'd when you put in "Why thanks for the gift monsieur."

[purpledrag67]

the actions are so fast that had it not been for the commentary i would have given up on the first video :)

[serinscor1]

thanks for the nice commentary 

[akm418]

Btw, for some reason, when people aren't signed in, they cant see the commentary.

[trueflipmode]

3:20 so great

[trueflipmode]

3:20

[xoA7Xox93]

i mean make it available for embedding

[xoA7Xox93]

love this video! is there anyway you could enable embedding so i could use it for an online project? :]

[priapus56]

So, is it first to 15 hits then?

[MrSami555666]

I am playing better than both of them

[jiri1991]

christ that last touch was awesome

[jaf670]

AWSOME

[NicolFaustXIII]

what happened to the sound?

[AnonymousXM8]

I play French Handle too, and I know how it feels to be dominated by a pistol player.

tagliariol had it in control the whole time

[kikoguns]

I love Matteo and I wish to be a great fencer like him

[ciccio4351]

A great service to this wonderful sport! thank you!

[VVHSFencing]

Ooo... that is true....

A lot of times important touches goes to the fencer that was thinking clearly and not frustrated.

[xdavid00]

That last touch was such a showoff move.... haha :D

This is an awesome commentary by the way.

I would just like to point out that I think the best fencing occurs in the semifinals and table of eight. That's probably because they don't feel the stress 1st place. Like here, I felt Jeannet anticipates moves a lot more than usual, and Tagliariol took advantage. Tagliariol was ahead and therefore had a clearer, and calmer, head.

[thai2012]

this is not Jeannet  i know

[Tirym]

Wonderfull. Very nice commentary, optimal quality. This is a service to the sport.

Amazing bout while we are at it.

[Needham90]

2:33 could he have been yellow carded for that?

[CyrusofChaos]

i cant speak french and i certainly cant lip-read it but if he said something nasty or obscene then most definitely. at this level you probably wont see that happen very often but it happens occasionally

[kikoguns]

He said (merde) Venomlord is right

[simoncapon]

@CyrusofChaos i think he said merde.. the rule in FIE is that you can card for swearing only if you, as the referee, understand the language in which the fencer has sworn.

[sanfecat]

I am almost sure that he says "merde", what means shit in french. Nice comments man!

[sanfecat]

I am almost sure that he says "merde", what means shit in french. Fine comments man!

[bobmarleyownshard]

@CyrusofChaos He screams *merde!* which literally means shit, although more often it would be translated as something among the lines of damn, darn, even fuck.

[silhuetto]

@CyrusofChaos I'm not positive, but it looked like he said "Merde!" (sh!t)

[JSlimmer]

@CyrusofChaos He said "shit"

[sAmZy1993]

@CyrusofChaos he actually said "shit" in french.

[Mystery13Cat]

@CyrusofChaos

he said "Merde", translation to english, "Shit".

[dumbomanfy]

@CyrusofChaos or maybe he just yawned or something...

[sendhjelp]

@CyrusofChaos I'm guessing it's the only french word I know: merde.

[possefever]

@CyrusofChaos HAHAHA I minored in French. Pretty sure he yelled, "MERDE!!!!" which is French for "SHIT!!!!!"

[tomash91]

@CyrusofChaos From my limited knowledge of French duo-syllabic swear words I think he said 'putain' or something similar. However, swearing in French as with other southern european languages is considered nowhere near as vulgar or obscene as in English (unless it's actually directed at someone). I don't think Jeannet is being abusive towards anyone - it's roughly the equivalent of saying 'damn it' in English or similar.

[tomash91]

Actually, scratch that, he might have said 'merde' instead. Same applies though.

[MsGundamfighter]

@CyrusofChaos He appears to have said "merde" which is the French equivalent of "shit" in the english language, and if I'm not mistaken its not a yellow card unless its directed at your opponent or if he says it during the bout

[ProyectMooneJazzers]

@CyrusofChaos

He said :

"Merde" which translates to english as "Shit"

Oh, the 15th touch by Tagliariol, he did a 5th to parry Jeunet's blade and then a vibratto, right?

[CyrusofChaos]

@ProyectMooneJazzers it is really hard to see what line he took it in. it may have been 5, i have no way of knowing

[kikoguns]

black card not yellow buddy

[timodeusdragon]

@Needham90 Jeannet probably said ''Mérd!', which is fench for Sh*t!

[JustAnotherViewer100]

@Needham90 it doesn't look like it was directed at anyone in particular

[Firefly541]

Was a very nice match. A good bit of the footwork tempo is what im trying to intigrate into my game.

[enfielddnepr]

your comments are giving insight in more tactic fencing, i will try to take some of this stuff in my own repertoire..

[zerstorer42]

Great! Thanks for excellent commentary!

[thedoc512]

amazing final touch

[hkitty383]

Amazing.

[neverenough1984]

that last touch is really awesome! also, the touch #14 in favor of Tagliariol is impossibly fast! anyone can think that that action was for a simultaneous touch! amazing match however, Jeannet was a really dangerous oponnent

[jonsmith999]

I love this bout!!! Especially the last touch, the favorite touch of Tagliariol . . . And Mr. Chaos, I love you for posting this. <3