FORZA AZZURRI!!! FORZA ITALIA!!!
World Cup Germany 2006 Champion goes to............................ITALY!!!!!!!!!!
AT LAST!!! Italy has won the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006!!! About time guys! Im really..truly..estatic when Italy won the world cup. it's their 4th time winnning the trophy(1 trophy less than Brazil) and they truly deserve it.
ok ok..i know im not Italian nor do i live there but that doesnt mean i cant be drunk with happiness..i've been watching Italian serie A for the past 3 years(well when i used to have cable sports channel that is..) and naturally, when it comes to this world cup..the only team im rooting for is none other than the AZZURRI.
im abit worried though of how this italian team would perform..what with all those scandals back home..but im very pleased to see them play well..they've kept on improving match after match and my favourites match to watch are when Italy play against Germany. man that was one hell of a game. the Azzurri were superb! they kept on attacking during the 1st half..(though they did play lotsa defence during the 2nd half of the match) but you can c them lashing out at Germany during the extra time and those last min 2 goals were sooo brilliant and breathtaking!! Andrea Pirlo..one of my fav players..was damn brilliant and it's coz of him that Grosso found the net..killing Germany's chances of goin thru the finals. Del Piero crash all German's hope by scoring that 2nd goal and Italy's were thru to Berlin! BERLIN BERLIN HERE WE COME!! (luv dat phrase)
FINALS: ITALY VS FRANCE
it's been worth my time waking up at 1.30am..watching the finals. honestly..i've been very nervous and anxious while watching that game and my heart almost stop when the ref gave france the penalty..Zidane's penalty kick was a real teaser..kick the ball..hit the post..enter the net and bounce back..urgh! luckily Materazzi gave Italy the equaliser..again thanx to the fabulous Pirlo's corner kick! i have to admit France seems more aggressive and stronger and Italy kept on defending their fortress..making a few attack here and there..it's a pity Zidane lose his nerve and head-butted Materazzi..he was awarded a red card for that..poor Zizou..
anyway..those last penalty kept me wide awake..it was nervewrecking watching them taking those penalties and Buffon, the world-class goalkeeper, could not even stop a single goal..LUCKILY Trezeguet missed the chances of scoring and once Grosso kick that last ball into the net, i almost leap out and screamed silently(it was at 5am in the morn!)! Out of pure joy! Pure happiness! you can clearly c how tense their captain(Cannavaro) is when his team-mates each took a penalty..Pirlo was hugging Cannavaro and with each goal..Canna did not move..did not celebrate unlike the rest of his team mates..that wasnt until Grosso finally found the net that Canna leapt out and ran around the pitch!
Well done guys! well done! Finally they've silence all those critics by winning the world cup! their 4th World Cup! everyone..each individual in the team should be congratulated but to me..the most excellent players in the team have been Fabio Cannavaro and Andrea Pirlo! My two fav players in Italy!
It's been a really fun time watching this 2006 World Cup! hopefully Italy can continue this success in the upcoming tournament! i wonder who will then be captain after Cannavaro's retire..hmm...guess we'll have to find out later. till then....ciao!!
