"Let me come right out and say it: Italy deserved this one.
Considering the Azzurri traditionally are my favorite team I love to hate - for reasons that are pretty universal among non-Italian soccer fans - that's a little hard to digest. Hopefully, I will get to expand on my feelings about the Italian squad before the final. For now, let's just say Italy is simply my native Portugal's bogey team... It's tough for any team to lose like that. Two goals were scored in 60 seconds. Assuming he decides to continue his commute between Huntington Beach, Calif., and Germany, German coach Juergen Klinsmann has much to be proud of and much to look forward to.
If he one day took over as coach of the United States, Klinsmann's drive to Carson City, Calif., and the Home Depot Center where the U.S. national team normally congregates would be much shorter. But that really is a story for another day."
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