World Cup Final fever will sweep the nation tomorrow even though we won't have the Three Lions to roar on. And it's pizza versus pate as Italy take on France in Berlin for the biggest prize in football. So who will you support? If you're cheering on Italy, here's some insults to fling at the French.....
Come on Blues! You can beat these cheese-eating surrender monkeys!
Forza Azzurri! Potete battere queste arrendevoli scimmie mangiatrici di
formaggi!
You're just a bunch of garlic-munching soap-dodgers!
Non siete altro che una massa di fetidi masticatori d'aglio!
You can stick your snails up your Eiffel Tower!
Ficcatevi le vostre lumache per la Torre Eiffel!
And if you'll be rooting for France, here's some phrases to rile the Italians...
Your mum's fatter than Pavarotti!
Ta mére elle est encore plus grosse que Pavarotti!
Oi ref, how much have those corrupt Italians paid you?
Oh I'arbitre, combien ils t’ont payé les macaronis?
Your league matches are more fixed than Big Brother!
Votre championnat est encore plus truqué que les résultats
de la Grand Frere!
Translations by Lise Decaunes and Maria G. Bucalo at Cactus Language Training
(call 0845 130 4775 or see www.cactuslanguagetraining.com).
Coverage of the World Cup final starts at 6pm tomorrow on both BBCl and ITVI.
by IAIN BURCHELL