The Italian national team landed yesterday evening (Italy local time) at Pratica di Mare airport, Rome. They have been awarded by the Italian institutions (it was hard to me to see Prodi and company to award my players). Then, they walked in the streets of Rome on board of a bus, waving Italian flags and inciting the 600 thousand people who were waving flags and singing.

Regarding Materazzi, we can never know the truth behind the claims of Zidane. Already, several arab and Islamist websites are ‘condemning’ Materazzi. Here is a list of what is circulating in the arab and islamist websites:

“Materazzi offended Islam”; “Materazzi deserves to be killed” ; “A player who represents the European trash” ; “Dirty Italian animal”, etc.

This while Zidane has apologized saying that Materazzi’s words had nothing to do with Islam nor with Zidane’s family and that Materazzi, after the match, has forgiven Zidane.

Of course, the Islamists always find a pretext to attack the ‘infidels’. Will we see Italian embassies burning?

Meanwhile, I enjoyed yesterday’s celebrations. Here are some photos.

Totti’s wife, Ilary Blasi:

The Italian national soccer team greets thousands of fans while celebrating winning the 2006 World Cup, at the Circus Maximus in Rome.

Italy’s goalie Gianluigi Buffon displays the soccer World Cup as he leans over a banner reading ‘Proud to be Italian’ during a welcome celebration in Rome’s Circus Maximus field

From left, Italian National soccer team players Gianluca Zambrotta, Filippo Inzaghi, Francesco Totti, and Luca Toni celebrate with supporters

The text on the flag (below) takes the words from the Italian national anthem, ‘Slave of Rome, created by God’.