Woohoo!!!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5294306

:woohoo:

Italy next. :-)

[Random_Australian]

1. Yes! Yes! Woohoo!

[Matilda]

2. How sweet that Kewell got the deciding goal.

n/t

[Anarcho-Socialist]

3. What has the been the reaction of the Australian public towards

the FIFA World Cup? Curiosity, or enthusiasm?

[foreigncorrespondent]

4. Pretty enthusiastic...

...here in melbourne there was around 20,000 in the city for the 5am (Melbourne time) kick off.

[Matilda]

5. In Sydney, it's even overshadowed the Kidman wedding. (Thank God).

There is a huge screen erected at the Opera House, and in Leichhardt,
which has a huge Italian community, restaurants in Norton Street, the
main restaurant area, have been granted temporary 24-hour licences so
they can screen the matches for fans.

On Tuesday when Italy plays Australia in the second round, traffic in
Leichhardt will be shut down between midnight and 5.0 a.m, and the
match will be televised on a big screen outdoors. Kick-off is at
1.0 a.m. Sydney time.

[Violet_Crumble]

6. I've just come back from Sydney...

While I've seen one or two cars at home driving round with those Socceroo flags on them, there were shitloads of them in Sydney this weekend...