The 2006 World Cup is a bit stale at this point, but I can’t help but get excited when I see video collages of the Italian national team. For example, see the following clip (especially minute 1:42 where the Italian announcer Fabio Caressa begins to scream in total joy, “Beppe, or Joe, we are going to Berlin, we are going to Berlin <meaning the Final game against France at Berlin Stadium>, it’s finished, it’s finished!!”):
Notice also how the second broadcaster (Beppe) is silent for a few moments only to acknowledge in complete ecstasy, “yes, we are going to
If you ask me the World Cup is high drama and better than good wine, a riveting movie, or two or three laps on a closed circuit in a Porsche Boxster S.” It’s no wonder the Italians are crazed when it comes to calcio or soccer.
