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Just like home

REUTERS, Panaji, India
Soccer fans in the former Portuguese colony of Goa, western India were gearing up for a huge overnight party to watch Sunday's Euro 2004 final between Portugal and Greece in Lisbon.
Hundreds of soccer clubs in the tiny state, under Portugese rule from the early 16th century until 1961, joined numerous beach resorts in the tourist paradise to put up giant TV screens and flags.
A huge hall in the local Calangute Club, one of the venues planning a massive celebration, was being decorated like a typical traditional Indian marriage hall for hundreds of fans expected to arrive with painted faces.
"We will have hundreds of people with their faces done up in Portuguese colours here in the night," the president of the Calangute club, Fransisco Souza, told Reuters.
"We are a sporting people, but the main thing for Goa is football."
Goa has deep and historic links with Portugal. It became a Portugese colony in the early 16th century after Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope to discover the sea route to India in 1498.
Portuguese rule ended in 1961 when Indian forces entered the coastal enclave dotted with swaying coconut palms, but the state still has distinct Portugese trappings.
With the kickoff not scheduled until after midnight in India, all pubs and bars are making arrangements to celebrate the game with gallons of beer and a local cashew drink, feni.
Portugese shirts have been flying off the shelf since the tournament began three weeks ago and tailors are busy stitching flags of both teams for the finale.
Victoria D'Souza gave up her Sunday holiday as she gave final
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touches to giant Portuguese and Greece flags for the celebrations.
"We have got a lot of orders, particularly for small Portuguese flags," she told Reuters.
Everywhere in Goa, people were engaged in animated discussions about the prospects of Luiz Felipe Scolari's side, but most were confident they would win.
"It will be a big final," said fan Gilberto Rodrigues. "Portugal have played really well, fast football, but Greece have shown so far they are good at blocking that rhythm."