RE: [alac] Football

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto@xxxxxxxxx>]

The best of the day was to see the face of Prodi smiling.
Actually, I saw it on ZDF, and the very best was to see Blatter, the FIFA
boss, upset.
IMHO, we need to keep an eye on this young Germany. I hope that the Germans
will not do as the Italians, that fire the coach unless they win the first
place (which means that we change coach every two years). Klinsmann is very
good, and in my opinion is the one who keeps things together.

Roberto Gaetano
ALAC
ICANN Board Liaison
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alac@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-alac@xxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Vittorio Bertola
> Sent: 05 July 2006 00:25
> To: Interim ALAC
> Subject: [alac] Football
> 
> Ok, I admit it: it was mean, even if usual among friends who 
> support opposite teams, to send a message to our Chair just 
> thirty seconds after the match ended, and say "see you in 
> 2010" - apologies. It was a great match, ugly and nervous, as 
> all World Cup semifinals always are. But in the extra times 
> we hit the posts twice, before scoring twice at the very last 
> minute. Germany wasted a couple of good opportunities to score. 
> They were so nasty not to give back the ball, twice, after we 
> sent it out to allow for injured people to be assisted, the 
> most unfair thing you can do in a football match; this only 
> made us more determined to win. Nonetheless, it could have 
> ended differently, but well, that's life.
> 
> And you really can't imagine what is happening here now. The 
> road in front of my house - and I live quite far from the 
> city centre - is packed, occupied by a huge traffic jam made 
> by hundreds, thousands of cars honking their horns repeatedly 
> at maximum volume. All of them have national flags and people 
> screaming, many of them have people leaning out of the 
> windows, some even their back door opened with two, four, six 
> more people sitting in the trunk, or even standing while the 
> car speeds up. On the sidewalks, children and elderly people 
> wave flags and greet the gathering. There will be no rest and 
> no sleep tonight, for hours and hours, to celebrate. And it's 
> just the semifinal!
> 
> But it was against Germany, our arch-rival in football. 36 
> years ago, before I was born (but we are taught that match at 
> school), Italy defeated Germany 4-3 in the semifinal, after 
> unbelievable extra times. 
> 24 years ago, Italy won the World Cup beating Germany in the 
> final. 16 years ago, Germany came to win the World Cup in 
> Italy, something that is still hard to swallow. Beating 
> Germany is not like beating anyone else; and having given 
> back some of 1990's bitterness is already a nice 
> satisfaction. Especially after these last days. The other 
> day, a Lufthansa pilot dumped an Italian school class, and 
> refused to take them on board. The German government shoot a 
> bear that had been born and raised in Italy and then ran 
> through the Alps. Der Spiegel ran an article that described 
> Italians as the usual mafia, pizza and macho junkies. 
> Tonight, the whole country really wanted to show something to 
> our German neighbours.
> 
> Now, the final, maybe against France, second ranked in our 
> historical rivals list for European hegemony. However it will 
> end, it will be a month to remember. And thus, I'm so sorry 
> for those few people who don't speak football.
> -- 
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