Word of advice:
If you don't speak Spanish, don't watch the world cup on Telemundo.
Yes, it's funner, but some problems might arise.
Like, you might assume, like I did, that France was wearing Blue and Italy was wearing white. After all, France has blue in their flag, and Italy doesn't. Based on this assumption, you might tell your best friend that France won the World Cup, because you just saw with your own eyes the team in Blue win. That's France, right? Wrong. Italy won the World Cup.
Why the hell was Italy wearing blue?
Another reason to hate soccer.
I let you in on the blue soccer thing even thought you probably couldn't care less. When international soccer competitions began last century, the ruling party of Italy had blue as their official color. Since then, they have been nicknamed the Azzurri(blue) and have worn that color since. So, nothing to do with the flag, just the former ruling party's tradition...
ReplyDeleteAh, see you learn something everyday. I actually knew they were called Azzuri, but I never put two and two together that it meant blue. Azure skies, duh Jerry.
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