oh mamma mamma mamma, oh mamma mamma mamma, lo sai perche', innamorato so', ho visto ale del piero, ho visto ale del piero, ehi, mamma, innamorato so'

the past couple of days have been a whirlwind of emotions...i still have in my head the screams, noises, horns, flags, people, squares, fountains, jerseys...it was definitely memorable and unbelievable, but we made history: italy won its fourth football (soccer) world cup, we are the world champions!!!
i am in rome of all places, so i watched both the semifinal and the final at this huge place with hundreds of thousands of people, and it was amazing! the 2 goals in 3 minutes with germany after 118 minutes of suffering were like a huge thunder in a clear sky, and i really enjoyed that night because it was just as amazing as it was unexpected...
the final was much more full of tension because of france and our history with them, and the penalties are always a low blow to your heart anyway...when we won i could not believe it, it had never happened ever since i can remember (ok, the last time was in 1982) so i didn't really know how to react...the crowds got crazy in the streets all night long, i fulfiled my childhood dream: to throw myself in a fountain for a big football (soccer) celebration!!!
then last night was the last and possibly big emotion, since it came as a total surprise: an open deck bus with all the players and the world cup toured the streets of rome and ended the parade at circo massimo, the huge open-air space where i watched the last two games...i read that there was about 1 million people there last night, a lot more along the streets of rome to sing with and shout at the players...
i was waiting for the bus with the players to pass by although i didn't know how close it would be or anything...well, when it did come by it was an incredible feeling: i could see the players and coach and the world cup from 5-10-15 meters, depending on the craziness of the crowd and the speed of the bus...so i started following the bus the whole way to the circo massimo, and i got to see them over and over and over again, it was really unbelievable, something that is hard to describe with words...
i was there, they were there too...this whole thing is just such a big coincidence that it is incredible to even begin to realize what's been going on...
i even bought myself 2 new original jerseys that i've been wearing this whole time! hehe