Azzurri through to Final !!!! Woah !!!

Now I am so over the planet system !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Earlier in the night, I called my mom to ask her how does she feel? (Me, my mom & my bro supports the Azzuri) Cool as a cucumber, she says, "Gila (Alberto Gilardino) will be celebrating his birthday tomorrow. Thy will get through to the Final. Don't worry, have a good night's sleep and check the result tomorrow. " Woah, that made me feel good.

But then came some not so ear candy comments from some girls
(Girls : Sokong siapa? Me : Italy. Girls : Oh, patutla nervous, siaplah, nanti kitorg ganyang. - Obviously they are German fans.
And another one : Girl A: Tengok tak match? Me: Nak tengok, tapi seram. Girl A: Oh, takut tengok kekalahan ye. Me: Ala, janganla cakap mcm tu. Girl A: Sorry, but I feel Germany has the chance to win the Cup, well, unless they are unlucky. Girl B: Eh, you never know, tgk Brazil. Hehe, thanx Girl B!)

As my usual chicken self, I went to sleep after the end of 90 minutes. I was thinking, no way, not penalties !!!!! I'm not going to watch penalty kick outs, so I'll just go to sleep and get the results later. I couldn't sleep though until about an hour, and was dreaming Italy went through. So becos of the good dream, I jumped out of bed (after about 2.5 hours of sleep 5.00 - 7.45am) and checked out the result.

Not really a good idea to sleep though as I missed 2 goals in extra time, and at the end of it !! Grosso and Del Piero scored the goals. Forza Azzurri !!! I'm gonna catch the repeat at Putri's house later.

Yes! I've watched the repeat. It really was at the end of extra time with 3 minutes left when Grosso scored. He didn't expect to score himself, running like someone mad after scoring. Then Del Piero scored, netting from a brilliant back pass from Gilardino, with only Lehmann to beat.

2nd goal from Del Piero. Can't find 1st goal from Grosso though. Later..
Buffon always over-excited, more so when avoiding penalty shootout

Italy parking their bus in front of their goal post

Uh uh Lehmann buat apa ni??

Woah,again, I found out the Fan of the Match is another namesake !!!!!!

Rowaida Aridi

Dortmund, Tuesday afternoon. The atmosphere is red-hot in the Ruhr region's largest city as at 9pm this evening the first semi-final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ will be getting under way, with the host nation taking on Italy.

All decked out in her Italian fan gear, Rowaida Aridi is drinking in the ambiance. The 41-year-old seems hardly to notice the stifling heat; after all, she hails from Aley in Lebanon and has been living in Dubai for the past 13 years.

Why, though, is she an Italy fan? "I just love the team, they play really good football. And," she adds with a wink, "they don't half look good!" Her favourite member of the Azzurri squad is Francesco Totti. "He's a great player, and a real pro through and through," enthuses Rowaida, who is our Hyundai Fan of the Match.