Passing reference to the Yellow Fever in New York Times article

 Mostly about Del Piero

Del Piero Slowly Coming to Grips With Australia

Lolz, when I first read the thread title, I thought to myself, why on earth would the NY Times comment on how many passes we had made in a match. Doh!

"Del Piero, who had 19 seasons with the Serie A giants, made his debut for the two-times A-League champions in a 2-0 loss at the Wellington Phoenix, where he was cheekily taunted by the home fans with chants of: "Who are ya? Who are ya?" every time he touched the ball. "

They didn't mention the what a waste of money chant. lol

"More than 12,000 were at Wellington Regional Stadium for his debut, 4,000 more than the Phoenix have averaged across the past four seasons, while more than 35,000 were at the Sydney Football Stadium for his home debut."

(Reporting by Greg Stutchbury in Wellington; editing by Peter Rutherford)