Yesterday, J had been fidgety all day. His team, Ghana, was playing Italy that evening. He was going to watch it in the Dubliner pub and I decided to latch along. You would think this was an unimportant game, but the pub was packed half an hour before the kick-off time. The crowd was almost entirely Italian. We ended up being the odd guys amidst a bunch of Albertos and Robertos shouting "Stupendo" everytime Italy did something nice. At first, it was just the impulse to support an underdog that made me support Ghana. A little later, though, I had clearly been won over. They played some great football. For me, this was the best match so far in the world cup. It's incidental that Ghana lost 2-0, because, as the highly irritating Ravi Shastri would have said, "Football was the real winner." Gross!
My dream semi-final line-up already had Holland, Czech republic and Brazil. Yesterday I picked the fourth team.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
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hmm....we would have watched it but for my son's exams. I relate to this 'underdog' sentiment. Exactly what I do!
You can do the tag, not to worry!:)
I missed this match man. The France - Switzerland match was the most boring I've seen!
Football is the real winner..Lol!
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