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World Cup Fever: Post-show

July 10th, 2006 · No Comments

New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!So we know how it ends. I have to say I have seen both teams play better, especially Italy. But that’s how it goes, and luck was with the Azzurri last night. And Buffon [...]

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World Cup Fever: Pre-game madness

July 9th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Note: I wrote this while it was still fresh, and before the game so as to be untainted/affected by the outcome of the game itself.
All day, there has been an energy in the air. Excitement, expectation.
Here’s a picture of Piazza del Duomo around 1pm, still seven hours from game time. These people were there early [...]

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Tags: Italy · Milan · World Cup 2006