Living in Leichhardt when Croatia beat Italy in the World Cup.
Walking down Norton Street and I watch x3 Croatian fans walk up towards the main congregation of Italians to rub it in. I shake my head at them for being absolute idiots.
Sure enough, on the front page the next day - those 3 guys are photographed looking crap-scared taking cover behind a car because the Italian fans have 'hurled' their abuse at them.
Watching Germany's 7-1 destruction of the great Brazillian ego. Seeing the likes of Naima where his own 'Naima cap' rather than a Brazillian one and the players egotistically expressing their 'right' in the name of God to be World Cup Champs because they are ...Brazil. It was a pleasure to watch a well oiled machine of Germany destroy the individual brilliance of an incredibly over-rated Brazil of wannabe celebrities.
I've seen Australia run rings around the Brazillians years ago at the MCG (even got to stand next to Dipper!
) - until the Brazillian ego started to get violent and Australian pulled off its 3 best players to let Brazil come back and win.
How dare we beat Brazil !
As a kid, watching West Ham come to Australia for a tour. The following years - our Australian influence must have paid off because West Ham climbed a few divisions to become a consistent contender in the Premier League.