- 08:34 AM
- 12/22/24
I thought it was good world cup all in all. Like everyone I Got very excited about the shocks early on - but that did leave a lack of top clashes in the later rounds. Good final though - best since '86. Re. Co-hosting. I don't see the problem, but then I wasn't over there spending thousands on travel.
posted by shorster at 05:56 AM on July 03, 2002
War minus the shooting
I took 'a season with verona' with me to Italy this summer. The fact that he goes to every away game in the season helps show the masssive regional differences and rivalries over there. If you think of Italy as 1 country - you should read it. It also helped me to understand the Italian conspiracy theory-fuelled reaction to getting knocked out of the world cup. Serie a,b, c have a long history of corruption etc. I just wish they had gone out while I was over there - The RAI post-mortems would have made good viewing...