Comments on: Italy – Home of the Celebration http://backpagefootball.com/italy-%e2%80%93-home-of-the-celebration/20593/ Sat, 18 May 2013 11:22:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Saket Rao http://backpagefootball.com/italy-%e2%80%93-home-of-the-celebration/20593/comment-page-1/#comment-44068 Saket Rao Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:45:38 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=20593#comment-44068 Another beautiful moment is the Germany – Italy semifinal in 2006.

Fabio Grosso with his run into the wild with wagging head refusing to believe what he just did..

And Del Pierro celebrating with the crowd after scoring at the end of extra time of the amazing game and ensuring a World Cup final berth!

]]> By: Gaurav Dhar http://backpagefootball.com/italy-%e2%80%93-home-of-the-celebration/20593/comment-page-1/#comment-43269 Gaurav Dhar Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:37:05 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=20593#comment-43269 Great piece.

A personal favorite of mine is Schillaci at Italia ’90.

He didn’t run off in celebration. He literally sprinted. Sometimes teammates couldn’t even grab a hold of him as he was in such ecstasy, leaps and fistpumps abound.

Can’t imagine what he would have brought out if Italy ended up winning.

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