I'm anxious to see if Suarez can keep up his level of play. One would think that it might be tough because of having surgery so recently.
I don't dislike Italy as much as you but I completely understand it. One of my Italian American friends has a love/hate relationship with the team. He has spent quite a bit of time in Italy and Argentina (some ancestors from Italy moved to Argentina). He always has a ton to root for come cup time.
He agrees with me that Pirlo is a joy to watch and easy to root for. We also love the fact that Italy's best striker is not the typical Italian caucasian. The irony is fantastic ( Italy is notorious for having racist chants /slurs hurled at non - Caucasians/mostly those of Africa decent).
I normally wouldn't like a player as seemingly egotistical as Balotelli but in this case I root for him as well.

That all being said, I hope Uruguay wins.

Quote Originally Posted by Birnando View Post
I am eagerly awaiting Uruguay vs Italy today.
And I also hope to see England deliver a better performance than they gave in the previous two matches.

With any luck Uruguay will outplay Italy and send them packing after the group stages.
The inventors of all that is bad in football*, Italy, is very much THE team to "hate" in my book.
Pirlo or not

*Match fixing, doping, life threatening 3-second injuries and the world record in gallons of hair-gel on a pitch simultaneously.

B, the hooligan from the worst football nation ever...