Too much pride

Even though the United States might not have won against World Cup Champion Italy, they left them behind in the group ranking - and yesterday they won 2:0 against Spain, the Euro 2008 champion, therefore ending the Spaniards long series of undefated matches. Fair enough for the Spanish team, that 1 year ago - before the Euro Cup - was still considered a loser team by many "at home". Being thwarted by the US Team has left many speechless and ended all dreams to exceed Brazils long-standing record of being the team with the most undefeated matches in series.

And as always the press is quick to deconstruct all confidence commenting maliciously that the times of "Spanish pride" ("soberbia" as in one of the deadly sins) are over. The comments in the forums of the catalan newspapers leave nothing to imagination: Yesterday's defeat of the Spanish team is the second-best thing that happend in 2009 - after Barça winning the triple championship, of course.

And not just that, as always, reviewing the articles concerned on the web, the web forums have come back to the same topic, as any forum on any topic will always in the end come to: Insulting each other on the topic of Catalans vs. Spaniards