Victoire for Italy!

A rather good start for Italy yesterday as it beat Ghana 2-0 at the World Cup. As Pirlo and Iaquinta scored I immediately turned off the volume in order to hear the loud cheers and the horns go off in my neighbourhood. The noise will certainly increase if Italy beats the U.S. on Saturday. Speaking of which, a pity for the Americans as they lost to the Czechs. No doubt an interesting match on Saturday as the Americans will face the highly motivated Italians (quite possibly both Gattuso and Zambrotta will be in the match). In other news, that old “mad dog” of international politics, Libya’s Col. Ghedaffi, has thundered against FIFA, accusing it of slavery and of encouraging racism in soccer fans worldwide (I can sort of attest to that as on more than one occasion in Italian stadia I’ve heard Italians imitate monkeys whenever a black player touches the ball). Is he perhaps jealous that the 2010 World Cup didn’t go to his Libya but rather to South Africa?