Call it 'World Cup fever' but there's something about national anthems in football that I find remarkable. Don't know if it is having the whole stadium singing together or merely watching the 11 players whispering the lyrics as they're about to play.
It is a unique moment prior the match and I admit there a couple of national anthems - apart from the Portuguese that is - that give me the shivers.
Here are the ones I find more powerful (in no particular order):
Russian Federation (hard not to think about Rocky IV, right?)
Italy (Check Gattuso with his eyes closed...)
Netherlands (Beautiful rendition of Wilhelmus with the addition of Maud Mulder....)
England (love how the people in the stadium take over the song!)
Portugal (how could I forget this one, especially when played at the Euro 2004...shame we didn't win it though!)
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