I sincerely doubt the characters K-I-W-I have ever propagated on a computer
network so often within a day, as today. I don't know a thing about football
- practically illegal in Tauranga, I remember as a boy - but it would seem the
world press is quite perplexed by NZ's 1:1 tie with reigning World Champions,
Italy:
http://www.repubblica.it/
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/silbatos/kiwis/elpdepfutmunart/20100620elpepudep_12/Tes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_28/default.stm
http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,701774,00.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10653342
Apparently we have just 25 professional footballers vs Italy's 3541. New Zealand
was previously ranked some 78 places below Italy in the World Cup.
Sitting in an outdoor terrace cafe here in Kreuzberg, Berlin (where almost every
cafe/restaurant has a ginormous flat screen TV following the cup) I've heard
"Kiwi" hushed in the accents of Deutsch, Turkish, French, Dutch, Swedish,
Spanish and of course Italian all afternoon.
I'll glady squander some cool by saying I'm a bit proud indeed,
Cheers,
--
Julian Oliver
home: New Zealand
based: Berlin, Germany
currently: Berlin, Germany
about: http://julianoliver.com
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