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forzA italia !
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as much as i am an english fan, i had to place my money on some team that will probably win me some quick buck.

so, in a matter of a few minutes spent making my decision at the betting shop, i had morphed into an italy convert.

brian ( yes , your friendly top tipster from The New Paper ) had proclaimed with much conviction a few days earlier

"fiona, trust me on this one , italy will lift the trophy !"

i looked at his moustache of wisdom and knew that he had convinced me.

"but you're always placing your bets contrary to your predictions in the paper !!!" ( but the best part is his predictions always comes right while he loses his personal bets :p )

"but trust me young lady italy will win."

so i humptum $10 dollars on an 1x2 bet , which means italy had to win , no matter what.

the payout was a paltry $24 but hey, i'll do all to make the match even more thrilling ya ?

the match was expectedly quite boring , but the atmosphere down at the pub with the girls was not !

everyone who was supposed to be there was there and it was a sea of blue , green , red and white. and smudged face paints and imitation soccer jerseys !

then all of a sudden Zidane went to headbutt Materazzi ( sounds like Maserati ) and got red-carded. i laughed out loud at this extremely curious incident, so did the rest of the italian fans though the french supporters remained largely tight-lipped.

felt like deja vu, a repeat of the wayne rooney incident. and yeah the ref was the same argentinian arsehole, though of course Zidane's sending off was much more justified.

talk about retiring with a bang ! now instead of people going "ah , Zidane. he who defines beauty in football" when reminicising, they'll now snigger and go "ah , Zidane. remember how he got sent off for that stupid gaffe during his last game before retirement ?!"

anyways italy won , yes, but because they won after a penalty shootout, i lost my $10 to singapore pools because they drew at fulltime. ah well.

and now , i can finally sleep normally. sweet sweet sleep !!!!!



sara fiona tanya - green white red !