Reclaim the beach - London 15th July 2006

From The Observer, Sunday July 16, 2006

You have to love the Italians, don't you? If they didn't exist someone would have to invent them and just think what sort of tortured imagination it would take to dream up such improbably complex concepts as the Papacy, the Borgias, the mafia, Niccolo Machiavelli, Silvio Berlusconi, Leonardo da Vinci and the great Juventus referee-fixing scandal.
No fiction writer would dare come up with a plot so corny that a team could start the week as world champions and end it in disgrace. Yet we all knew it was coming and the Italians have even been here before. In 1982, the previous time Italy won the World Cup, they began the tournament in disgrace yet managed to lift the trophy through the scoring exploits of Paolo Rossi, a striker only just back from a two-year suspension after being caught up in a betting scandal back home.

From The Observer, Sunday July 16, 2006

More pics on the 9th July final - London celebrations

To see more pictures on the celebration of World Cup in Central London please go to:

GALLERY 1
http://www.italianialondra.com/foto/worldcup/index.htm

GALLERY 2
http://www.italianialondra.com/foto/worldcup2/index.htm

Sunday 9th july 2006 - Soho, London