Maverick

It was shocking to see Italy win on a last minute penalty in their game against Australia yesterday. The panelist on ESPN pointed out that it was Italian and Spanish style to dive in the penalty area to get penalty kicks, and the Azzuri did succeed yesterday. The spirit of the "Beautiful Game" was forgotten.

I thought the Socceroos (Australians) played well to hold Italy for 90 minutes without a goal.
They go back with their head held high, and I reckon in 4 years, they will become a major force to reckon with.

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Various theories have been floated around the world by soccer fans, to justify why their team would win the Fifa World Cup.

Here is a sample:
1. Italy : When Italy won the last time in 1982, its players were embroiled in a match-fixing scam. This time too, many players in the national team are under match-fixing cloud.

2. Spain : Nostradamus has predicted that Spanish King and his army will conquer fields in Central Europe. Fans have interpreted the Spanish King and his army as the Spanish coach and their soccer players and, the fields in Central Europe as the football stadiums in Germany.

3. Brazil : Some numerical jugglery, making the sum of their victory year nos. to 3964. Since they won in 1958, and 1958+2006 = 3964, they are predicting a Brazil victory.