World Cup is such an emotional period. These recent games has brought me close to tears. When Spain first lost, i almost brokedown but i was soooo confident that the Brazillians would avenge the death of the Spaniards. Not to mention the "conspiratorial" election of a Spanish referee, i thought, ‘damn, we’ve got this in the bag!’. Unfortunately, the French (whom i believe to have pawned their souls off to the DEVIL) is left unbeaten, yet again! My brother, had already expected it and he’s now just waiting for Germany to finish them off. I am hugely disappointed with the great Brazillians, but it should have been expected, seeing how they were not performing in par with the talent that they have!
As I see the faces of the footballers, I can only imagine the emotions they are going through. You can see how much effort and heart they’ve put into the game and the agony they have to go through after being defeated… sigh… it’s depressing… When i watched the game between Argentina & Germany, i wanted Germany to win and was so happy when they came back to score a goal. However, when i saw the way Argentina played, i knew that they deserved it more cause the German buggers lack motivation, couldn’t even keep possession to save their lives, and was just kicking back waiting for a penalty shoot-out. The sad thing was, in the end, Argentinian players looked like they’ve never practiced taking penalties before!
Last night’s game, i was torn between England & Portugal. I wanted Portugal to win soooo badly. Even with a terrible fever, i was impatiently waiting to break into a sweat (so that my fever would go down) and was doing everything in my power to achieve that, so that i could watch the game. When it came down to the penalty shoot-out, i though for sure, England would bag this! To my surprise, Lampard, Carragher and even my very own Stevie G missed. I was beyond the point of euphoria, until i saw the look on my darling, Stevie G’s face (yes, i am a Liverpool fan!)… sigh… it was like an arrow in the heart. It’s undeniable that the English team has such great talents, and hats of to them for doing such a great job defending AND attacking with only 10 men but I feel that England should have long gotten a new and more aggressive coach. Sven is just not the right person to handle such a talented team. They could have pushed so much further and achieved so much more!
The weird thing that i’ve noticed about World Cup though, is that you can’t runaway from your "curses" or shall i say, history. The fact that England have never won in a penalty shoot-out during WC, was repeated in this WC. And with Brazil, France (i hate them with a passion, hence the strikethrough) seem to be the team that can break them… and yet again, they did. It kinda is a bit freakish but maybe… it’s aaaaall a conspiracy!!!
