ole! ole! ole! ole! oooooooole! ole!

To my Italian readers... felicitazione! To the French among you, good game and better luck next time. Penalty kicks make for an exciting finish but at the same time, it's a sucky way to lose.

Speaking of sucky endings, what was Zinedine Zidane thinking? His last game ever and he loses his cool and gets a red card?! Sacre bleu! Not the ending he -- or all of France -- envisioned, I suppose.

Regardless, it was an exciting World Cup. Congratulations, Italy!

Photo: (AP Photo/Jasper Juinen)

Update: The charming Sean T. Conrad snapped a cool picture of the celebrants on the streets of New York's Little Italy. Check it out.