Azurri off the mark: Italy 1-1 Paraguay

Come Dusk at the end of the day
World champions entered the fray
Ring seats at the auditorium
More a rain battered Coliseum

Cape Town welcomed the Azurri
But Paraguay wrote their own story
Champions rocked of their pizzazz
With a Shock opener from Alcaraz

Commendatore Lippi stayed cool
Paul Newman is no one’s fool
Spinning a royal blue tapestry
Comeback strike from De Rossi

Number 7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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