Voetbal, Soccer, it's everywhere............

Zoals je ziet zijn er in Canada ook gekken die het oranje gevoel hebben, bijna oranjegevoel want oranje vlaggetjes zijn hier niet te krijgen. Gelukkig wel de Nederlandse vlag. Caro had hem nog in de auto liggen na het 'fantastische' wereldkampioenschap. Maar nu prijkt, met volle trots, het nederlandse vlaggetje weer aan haar antenne. En iedereen die het weten wilt of niet weten wilt, weet nu dat Nederland gisteren met 3-0 van Italie heeft gewonnen. Zelfs op haar werk ontkwamen ze er niet aan. Op het internet vond ze een site waar ze live, en gratis, de wedstrijd kon volgen. Het moet allemaal niet gekker gaan worden... Gelukkig is onze straat zo multi-cultureel dat het eene NL-vlaggetje niet echt op valt en een 'oranje straat' straat zal je hier dan ook niet vinden. Ook al ben ik geen voetbal fan vind het wel leuk dat mensen zich, vooral in het buitenland, zich zo druk maken om een potje voetbal. Zelfs de krant hier in Kitchener stond er vol van. Hier het verslag:

PS de foto van de Italiaan is priceless

Netherlands shocks Italy

Dutch hand World Cup champions their most lopsided loss in the history of the tourney
June 10, 2008 Raf CasertThe Associated Press
BERN, SWITZERLAND

The Dutch certainly made the first surprise of the European Championship a stunner.
The Netherlands handed Italy its worst loss in tournament history, a 3-0 rout yesterday that left the World Cup champions in danger of elimination in the first round.
Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wesley Sneijder scored in the first half, and standout defender Giovanni van Bronckhorst added the third goal on a counterattack in the 79th minute.
"It was a historic feat. This was Italy, the world champion,'' Netherlands coach Marco van Basten said. "I cannot name one player who played poorly.''
That's because no one did.
"This leaves us incredibly proud and with a great feeling,'' Sneijder said. "The first time is always incredibly important and to do this against Italy . . . it gives us a lot of confidence. But we have to realize that it is not in the bag yet.''
Italy's once-proud defence looked old and slow. Van Nistelrooy tore through the Azzurri defence at will. With injured captain Fabio Cannavaro sitting on the bench next to his crutches, Marco Materazzi and Andrea Barzagli were picked apart by the Oranje attack.
"It was one of the ugliest games in the last 12 years,'' Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said. "In the name of the entire team, I think I have to apologize to all the Italian fans.''
The win put Netherlands in charge of the toughest first-round group. The Dutch have the only win in Group C after France tied Romania 0-0 earlier in the day.
The Dutch carried several injuries into the match, but the Italians started with nine players over 30 and could not match the Netherlands for creativity and doggedness.
Van Nistelrooy's breakthrough goal was claimed to be offside by Italy, but the striker deflected a 20-yard shot from Van Bronckhorst past Buffon with an Italy defender off the field next to the goal. That score equalled the number of goals Italy yielded in the run of play in the 2006 World Cup.
The second goal was a perfect counterattack. Van Bronckhorst kicked a ball off his own goal-line and immediately rushed up the left, where he took a long pass from Rafael van der Vaart. The Italians were woefully out of position when Van Bronckhorst sent a defence-splitting pass to Dirk Kuyt on the right. Kuyt, starting because of a groin injury to Arjen Robben, headed it perfectly into the path of Sneijder and the midfielder volleyed it past Buffon.
"We have been able to play superb football,'' Sneijder said. "Now we have to continue in the same vein.''