Re: World Cup. - Gotta love it!
Maybe some of our Dutch members can comment, but I'd give the Orange team the
Cortina. A little unusual, very colorful, and most solidly built!
My comment about the Italians was made with love. I fondly remember watching the 2006 final game with a friend in a wonderful family restaurant in Somazzo (or was it Salorino?) in the Ticino region of Switzerland. We had spent the day with the 70th Monte Generoso motorcycle race (http://tinyurl.com/28fovf5): My friend raced and I was his pit crew. It was a beautiful, cool evening on the terrace, and we could hear the fireworks (and guns) shooting off on the opposite side of the mountain when Italy won its fourth title. That was a great series, but it seemed marred by too many bad and/or silly penalties.
Someone feel free to match up my home USA with something. My suggestion is the Kirium. It is too new to be reliable, it seems to hold some promise but just doesn't quite hit the right marks, and there is not enough going on inside to merit further investigation.