成千上萬的意大利人涌上羅馬街頭，來歡慶他們國家隊的勝利。這是來自街頭的聲音：
“這是一場很煎熬的比賽，但是我們贏了。現在一切都那麼沒好。”
“1982年（意大利上次獲得世界盃的時候）我買了一面意大利國旗，前兩天我拿出來給我的兒子看，我説我們在上面寫上2006，然後一起祈禱。”
“這是我生命中最美妙的時刻，我們是世界冠軍。”
“如果齊達內再進一球，我發誓我一定會跳進河裏。”
對於來意大利旅行的人説，“真是不可思議，路上沒有居然沒有車。”
鏈結: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060709/6/8qgm.html
原文:Explosion of joy in Rome
9 July 2006
by AFP
Tens of thousands of Italians flocked onto the streets of Rome late on Sunday in a damburst of joy after their team's FIFA World Cup? win over France in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out in the Final.
Immediately after the final whistle in Germany, delirious supporters crowded into Piazza Venezia in the centre of the Italian capital to vent their delight and relief.
In nearby Bibo's Bar across the road from Prime Minister Romano Prodi's party headquarters, delirium broke out after Italy's full-back Fabio Grosso buried the decisive penalty.
"It's been a match of intense suffering but we've won it now, and everything's great," shouted waiter Carlo Dilizio, 47, above the din as fireworks rent the moonlight sky.
"I bought an Italian flag in 1982 (the last time Italy won the FIFA World Cup) and I took it out of the drawer the other day to show my son. And I said, let's write 2006 on it, and hope," said Carlo.
An Italian TV commentator declared that watching the tense match had caused great suffering: soffertissimo!
At the ancient Circus Maximus, more than 150,000 people who watched the game on giant screens exploded with joy at the victory.
"I don't believe it. It's a fairytale, it's just great to win after suffering so much. It's magnifico!" bayed 29-year-old Chiara.
"It's the most beautiful emotion of my whole life, we're the world champions," shouted Giovanni, 23.
For some, as the match ground on to extra-time and then penalties, the tension was almost too much to bear.
"If Zidane scores another goal I'm jumping in the river, I swear," said Francesco Pignolo, 30, watching with friends at an open-air bar on the banks of the Tiber.
For tourists, the unusual hush on Rome streets was an unexpected pleasure, turning the Eternal City into a hushed open air museum.
"It's been really amazing not having any cars or anything," said Sophie Alidina, of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire in England, strolling the quiet streets with her mother, Jenny.
作者-北京第二外國語學院英語系王帥
責編：佟杉杉