ITALY

Federazione Italiana
Giuoco Calcio
Via Gregioio Allegri, 14
00198 Roma

Forza Azzurri

Anthem

Goalkeepers Gianluigi Buffon Francesco Toldo Christian Abbiatti

Defenders Fabio Cannavaro Mark Iuliano Paolo Maldini Marco Materazzi Alessandro Nesta Christian Panucci

Midfielders Francesco Coco Luigi Di Biagio Angelo Di Livio Cristiano Doni Gennaro Gattuso Damiano Tommasi Francesco Totti Gianluca Zambrotta Cristiano Zanetti

Strikers Alessandro Del Piero Marco Delvecchio Filippo Inzaghi Vincenzo Montella Christian Vieri

A tough group, but I still expect them to do OK.

(13/06/02 15:17:33) But only just!!!

Fratelli d'Italia
(Italian Brothers)

Italian Brothers,
Italy has awakened,
She has wreathed her head
With the helmet of Scipio
Where is Victory?
She bows her head to you
You, whom God created
As the slave of Rome
(repeat)
Let us band together
We are ready to die
Italy has called us

RECIPE

Tomato Bruschetta

8 slices French or Italian bread, 2 garlic cloves halved, 1 tbs olive oil, 1/2 onion finely chopped, 1 tomato chopped, 1 tsp oregano, 1 tsp ground pepper, 2 tbs parmesan

Toast the bread. Rub one side of hot toast with cut side of garlic. Heat oil in a non-stick pan over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, until tender. Add tomato, oregano and pepper and stir. Spoon tomato mixture over garlic side of hot toast and serve at once. Alternatively, sprinkle with Parmesan and grill for one minute

Wash down with: Peroni

FAMOUS PEOPLE

Luciano Pavarotti, Sophia Loren, Gianni Versace, Benito Mussolini, Enzo Ferrari, Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Vivaldi, Garibaldi, Federico Fellini, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci