They have been three weeks the likes of which I have never experienced in all my time in Germany, some 40 years now. It was soccer that had brought a nation together again: in a common dream, a common hope, a common aspiration, that 11 men gave their all to bring about. And something as trivial as football had brought about that miracle. They had even brought out the flags again that they had only hesitatingly used for official ceremonies for the last 60 years. We were all caught up in the color and the gaiety. Last evening, in the last 2 minutes of the match, Germany lost. Quietly now, with watery eyes, people are trying to get back to a normal Wednesday.
3 comments:
Maybe it's true, but Italy deserved victory, bye!
Thanks "forget me not" ;)
Congratulations, Pia and Gennaro. There was a tremendous Italian celebration in Berlin last night and we can almost hear you celebrating today in Italy from up here on this side of the the Alps.
Charles
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