In 1994, the
World Cup was in America, and during the final, between Italy and Brazil, which
went down to penalty kicks, the best player in the world at the time, Roberto
Baggio of Italy, missed his penalty kick and Brazil won the World Cup.
My girlfriend at
the time was studying in Italy in 1994 when the World Cup Final was played, and
I sent her a postcard that read: “I wish I could have been with you to watch
Roberto Baggio choke and lose the World Cup for Italy.” She said she laughed so
hard when she read it, because everyone was walking around in Italy like they
had a death in the family after that World Cup loss. And that’s what I think
people here in California are going to seem like after Hillary Clinton’s loss
to Trump in tonight’s election.
I doubt I will find
it as amusing this time around, but I thought the story was apt.
