Of course they are happy, they finally won the World Cup. And at what moment: the corruption scandal in the Italian football and everything.

“I don’t believe it. It’s a fairytale, it’s just great to win after suffering so much. It’s magnifico!” bayed 29-year-old Chiara.

“It’s the most beautiful emotion of my whole life, we’re the world champions,” shouted Giovanni, 23.

For some, as the match ground on to extra-time and then penalties, the tension was almost too much to bear.

“If Zidane scores another goal I’m jumping in the river, I swear,” said Francesco Pignolo, 30, watching with friends at an open-air bar on the banks of the Tiber.

Source: WCoffsite