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In the fourth installment of fans’ celebrations this week, here are Ghana’s fans after their win over the U.S. in the 2006 World Cup.

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Continuing this week’s oddball theme of fans’ celebrations in cars, we stay with World Cup 2006, as Germany celebrates their run to the semi-finals.

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This week’s photos will cover a tragically unexplored topic in the world of football: fans’ celebrations in cars. It seems there’s some primeval urge, after your team wins, to go out driving. Today, we see Italian fans celebrating their 2006 World Cup semi-final win over Germany in a very small car.

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A day late, we conclude this week’s series on the 2006 World Cup by looking at fans celebrating at the Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo in Italian), Rome. Over 700,000 packed the site of the ancient Roman hippodrome the night Italy won the World Cup for the fourth time.
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Argentinian fans in New York City, during last year’s World Cup.
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In the latest in this week’s photo series on the 2006 World Cup, is this a scene from the old days of English hooliganism abroad, or an aberration? This fan was arrested before England’s match against Sweden in Cologne (remember Joe Cole’s screamer in the 2-2 draw?). 22 England fans were [...]

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In the second of our photo series this week on the 2006 World Cup, here’s the unpleasant side of “celebration” from the night France beat Brazil 1-0 in the quarter finals.
The photographer explains:
Paris took to the streets to celebrate, invading the whole Champs-Elysées. Unfortunately, things [...]

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Since the World Cup preliminary draw took place yesterday, let’s remember last year’s tournament in this week’s photo series. We can start with perhaps the most memorable sight, as it seemed every last human in Germany was outside watching at the vast Fanfests.