That's what I love games for. Either when an underdog wins or when a team wins against all the odds.
Croatia are a team I konw to be like that. Ok, so they may not be on everyone's list to win the WC and they may not have the skilled players found in Brazil or France, but they have a tremendous team spirit and friendship which is rare in many other teams who play as individual egos.
Even though I'm English, I feel more comfortable of supporting teams like Croatia. I think Croatia are one of the most exciting teams out there. They do annoyingly screw up when they play against the smaller teams, but I have seen them hold their own against the likes of Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, etc. And they have done really well recently, beating top teams such as Sweden and even Brazil.
Yeah, Italians do take football very seriously but so do the English.
I remember when the England team were flying out to their camp in Portugal before Euro 2004, and there was this massive headline in front of the Sun saying (parathrazing) OUR HERO'S.
I mean, I love football, but isn't that OTT? I mean they're going to play in football tornement not going off to war. And what's even more stupid, good ol' FIFA, who always predict correctly, have placed England 2nd in the rankings to win after Brazil.
All this talk has really made me excited for the WC2006.
Croatia v Brazil, watch out for it. I love Brazil, I think Ronaldo, etc are fantastic sportsman, not only for their skills but for their clean tactics (ie: no diving, appart from Rivaldo in the first match against Turkey, 2002).
But we have the Champions League final first
I reeeeaaaallllllllly hope Arsenal win.
GO ON YOU GUNNERS