The 2006 World Cup in retrospect
Well isn’t life a drag these days. It is insane when you reflect on what has happened in the last few months. This is a real life horror movie we are all living. As with most people, I am using all this isolation time to watch things on TV I never had time for. In 2006, I really thought my Azzurris had a chance to win the world cup. They had played some friendlies prior to the world cup against Germany and the Netherlands where they dominated the games and won easily. I was optimistic enough about the azzurri chances to tape all their games. I finally had the time to rewatch them all after 14 long years. The Azzurri had been controversially eliminated in many of the recent tournaments prior to 2006. In Euro 2000, Totti’s coming out party ended unceremoniously. The azzurri were leading in the final game against France until an extra time goal by France tied it and France eventually won it on a golden goal in overtime. In World Cup 2002, the azzurri were eliminated by South K