The Italians.

SBS Journalist Massimiliano Civili with Marco Bresciano.

Massimiliano, or Max, as he's known has a wonderful job. Working for SBS radio he wanders around interviewing people from Italy, Australia, Iraq, Oman, China, Croatia, Myanmar or wherever.

Unlike me, he's here for the whole tournament

He interviews them in English, unless he can speak the lingo, and they respond in their language. The interviews go out on the various SBS radio ethnic shows.

Listening to him talk Italian with Marco Bresciano. The body language and gestures were fascinating. Seems to me Bresciano, Mark Viduka and Carl Valeri all relaxed just a little more when interviewed in Italian or Croatian by Max.