Italian football captain Fabio Cannavaro (2ndL) holds the Wolrd Cup trophy next Italy's coach Marcello Lippi (L), Italy's Sport Minister Giovanna Melandri (2ndR) and Prime Minister Romano Prodi in Rome 10 July 2006. Prodi hosted a victory party for the country's triumphant footballers amid a welter of excitement at the world champions' homecoming to Rome.