Vittoria!

Mamma Mia! It's a vittoria for Italia! This calls for a pasta celebration!

I wasn't in the best of moods to watch the finals for the first time, due to my recent loss of Razor. Nevertheless I decided to stay up to watch the finals, and did not regret at all. (It did help me forget my sorrows momentarily). Germany was my first choice to win the World Cup, but since the were eliminated in the semi's, I rooted for the Azzurri. Honestly, I was quite distracted during the 1st half, as I was tired from the previous day's event coupled with the fact that it was difficult to keep my eyes open after all that blubbering. Nevertheless, I started getting more into the game after second half. It was a pretty exciting match, though it could not compare the the Germany-Italy one. Quite a number of shots on goal. Just about 10 minutes before the end of second half, at 1-1 draw, I was pretty sure it would go into extra time and penalty shootout. Not again! Seems like most of the major games end with penalty shootout!

Who would have thought that Italy would have scored all 5 penalties, considering their not-so good records in the past!What was a major dissapointment though was Zidane, with his inexplicable behaviour of headbutting Materazzi. What a way to exit his career! Even the Rooney-Ronaldo incident seems to pale in comparison to this. I was quite surprised to hear that despite this, Zidane went on to win the Adidas Golden Ball for best player.

What I found amusing, after Italy had won the trophy was the way they worshipped the trophy. It was akin to the Israelites worshipping the golden calf! The Italians were quite silly, kissing and almost caressing the trophy! Another amusing item was that Camoranesi chopped off his hair on the pitch after their victory, and was waving the remnants of his hair!