Anyways, today we visited the Duomo. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
Afterwards, we went to a small café to watch a tragedy: Argentina - Germany. I'm crushed - again. Argentina played brilliantly for most of the game, but lost. Que porqueria, que cagada. After a great goal in the first half by Ayala, Klose tied the game in the second half. Argentina made 2 tactical errors that in my opinion cost them the game: halfway through the second half, Riquelme was substituted. What was the coach thinking? Riquelme's the heart and soul of the team! Voludo! The other error Argentina made is collapsing into a defensive mode after scoring the go-ahead goal. They always do this!!! They play attractive, attacking, controlling fútbol until they score and lead the game; then they completely change their style and play defensively in order to protect their lead. This is not their strength .. and today proved it .. again!
Well, poor Grace. She has no interest in soccer, yet she braved the café with me, and had to put up with my irritability after Argentina's loss. The rest of my day was ruined.
Anyways, not all was lost. Late afternoon we walked over to a famous bridge in Firenze, Ponte Vecchio. Below is what we saw:
Ponte Vecchio:
Sundown view from Ponte Vecchio:
In the evening we wanted to go to Piazza Michelangelo to watch the Italia - Ukraine game, but there were so many people at the park we could not find a place to watch the game from. We ended up eating dinner at a resaurant near the park, and even though we couldn't watch the game, we knew Italia was winning the game because everytime they scored we could hear the crowd cheering all the way from the park, plus, all the restaurants in the neighbourhoods would erupt in joy everytime they scored. It's interesting being here and seeing how Italians celebrate their victory. The fact that they won the game tonight is good news, because it means they will play Deutschland next. Should be a good game!
Today's WM scores:
Deutschland 1 - Argentina 1 (4-2 penalty shootout)
Italia 3 - Ukraine 0
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