We won! What a victory!
ab-BYAH-moh VEEN-toh! keh veet-TOH-ryah!
The moment the final whistle blows after a win. The moment of pure celebration — the pay-off for everything that came before. Embrace strangers, jump, shout.
Abbiamo vinto means we have won (passato prossimo of vincere). Che vittoria means what a victory. This exclamation captures the Italian passion for collective celebration in football. The use of 'abbiamo' (we) unites all the fans as one.
Tre punti! Tre punti!
Three points! Three points!
The chant celebrating a maximum-points win.
Ce l'abbiamo fatta!
We made it! / We did it!
Expression of achievement after a hard-fought win.
Che partita! Che squadra!
What a match! What a team!
Broad celebration of performance.
Italian football victory celebrations are total — strangers hug, cars honk, people pour into the streets. After Juventus wins the Scudetto, Turin becomes a party lasting days. When the Italian national team (la Nazionale) won the 2006 World Cup, Italian cities erupted in scenes of collective joy unseen since VE Day.