When Italy won the 2006 football World Cup final, the world's best loved sports administrator, FIFA president Josef Blatter, declined from presenting the World Cup to the Italian captain Fabio Cannavaro, and sent UEFA president Lennart Johansson to carry out the unsavoury task for him.
Blatter's rude jesture left a sour taste, and created considerable antagonism towards him. By a stroke of genius, Cannavaro has now managed to get his sweet revenge over Blatter. The FIFA president was in Italy, awarding the Azzurri the right to carry the World champions logo on their shirts. In front of a bevy of journalists, with the trophy in full prominent view, Cannavaro, while making his speech for the occasion, referred to this incident and "invited" Blatter to make up for his previous omission by consigning him the trophy, there and then.
A clearly embarrassed Blatter stepped up, and was practically forced to present the World Cup to a hugely grinning Cannavaro, amid loud applause from those present.
Grande Cannavaro!
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