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=cut= Ngikutin formatnya om dapit.. gue pilih yang penting2 aja.. http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-newright/azzurri_3717.jsp The Azzurri's message to Italy Geoff Andrews 10 - 7 - 2006 The success of Italy's football team in the world cup could inspire a renaissance in the country's public life, says Geoff Andrews. ------------------------------------------ Despite his ejection from power by the voters, the figure of Silvio Berlusconi remains pivotal. With the threat of relegation to Serie B hanging over his club, the "outraged" and "indignant" magnate once again condemned the "political motives" of the magistrates, claiming that his club was the "victim" of "refereeing favours" (just as in the general election on 9-10 April 2006, his Forza Italia party had been the victim of "voting irregularities"). As if that wasn't enough, two days before the world-cup final, the trial date was announced for a legal case involving money-laundering and tax-evasion at his Mediaset company. Italy faces the future Italy's victory on the field had a touch of nobility. The country's footballers are always under pressure; they eagerly scrutinise the pagelle (match grades) awarded to them by journalists after every game. Add the fact that Gianluca Pessotto, long-standing former team-mate of many of the players, attempted suicide out of apparent dismay at the events at his beloved Juventus, and the situation could easily have been beyond them. Nor have the players sought to defend the officials under investigation. Gennaro Gattuso and others have rejected calls for an amnesty – the latest call coming in a typically populist intervention from a Forza Italia MP as a reward for winning the final. Before the semi-final with Germany, several German newspapers launched an attack on the Italian team: an article in Der Spiegel calling the Italians "slimy parasites" had to be withdrawn, and Bild called on its readers to order a pizza at kick-off time to distract Italian supporters (before the final itself, Die Zeit compared the Italian team to the mafia). Yet the match with the host nation was played in the best spirits, another example of the power of football to resist national chauvinism. The success of the Azzurri could have wide implications in Italy. The principal challenge is that Italian politics, like Italian football, will have to free itself from the "culture of illegality" which characterised the Berlusconi years. The general election showed how divided Italy is, and Romano Prodi's first priority as prime minister is to try to rebuild national unity. The victory of the "no" vote in the devolution referendum of 25-26 June 2006, legislation initially proposed by Umberto Bossi's Lega Nord (Northern League), was achieved through invoking some of the core democratic principles of the Italian constitution, openly undermined during the Berlusconi years. The presence at the final of Giorgio Napolitano, president of the republic, evoked one of his predecessors, Sandro Pertini at the 1982 final: Napolitano's post-match comment that the victory can "help national unity" marked a statesmanlike departure from the populist years. For Silvio Berlusconi, the sight of Prodi singing O Sole Mio with the Italian players after the semi-final victory will be particularly galling. For the man who launched his political career in 1994 with the announcement that he was "taking the field" as the midfield was left "desolately empty", this could prove to be minuti di ricupero (added-on time). But if it is indeed the beginning of the end for Berlusconi's political career, we can be sure that he will contest every refereeing decision along the way. As for the midfield, the artistry of Andrea Pirlo and the guts of Gennaro Gattuso can be a model for the enormous task that now faces Romano Prodi's team. --rr-- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/2_TolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> HAPUS BAGIAN EMAIL YG TIDAK PERLU SEBELUM ME-REPLY. ========================================================== Milis Tabloid BOLA Untuk KELUAR DARI MILIS INI. Kirim Mail kosong (tanpa subject) ke alamat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================== Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolaml/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
