<<Italian soccer club Perugia has cut its ties with South Korea's Ahn Jung-hwan after he scored the goal which knocked Italy out of the World Cup, Perugia's chairman has been quoted as saying.

<<"That gentleman will never set foot in Perugia again," Luciano Gaucci told sports' daily La Gazzetta dello Sport.

<<"He was a phenomenon only when he played against Italy. I am a nationalist and I regard such behaviour not only as an affront to Italian pride but also an offence to a country which two years ago opened its doors to him," Gaucci was quoted as saying.

<<"I have no intention of paying a salary to someone who has ruined Italian soccer."

That is one thing about the non-US world. You guys are fanatic about your football, but the term "poor loser" springs to mind.

Starkad
All quotes from http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/020619/1/15ed.html

>>One country does not a world make and Italy are well, strange.

Yeah...Italy wants to win everything...Das why the switch sides constantly during world wars. ::Flees::

There's passion for a sport and there's completely lost the plot on life! You decide which camp the Perugia chairman fits in.

And you're right, the Italians have got sense, thier tanks have 3 forward and 5 reverse gears, showing they're into self preservation.