So I just wanted to take a second to talk about the world cup. Now i want to start off with, soccer, or football is a huge part of my life. I played for only a year with my school team, i would've played a lot more but school got in the way. I'm no an expert in any sense of the word but all of this was just on my mind. So back to the world cup, I have a couple national teams that i enjoy watching and i am somewhat of a fan. England and Brazil are my two absolute favorites though. First off, England....... I don't really like to talk about it....BUT, they barely made it through any of their games, and were completely destroyed by Germany in their Round of 16 match 4-1. I mean, i'll hand it to Germany, they completely outplayed England for about 95% of the match. It was absolutely ridiculous. And also the referees at this world cup seriously need to be reevaluated by FIFA, because i mean the Lampard goal that was disallowed, absolutely unacceptable. How could the line ref not see that the ball was clearly 2 or so yards behind the line. And the main ref should have have been closer to the play, not all the way back where he was. I'm only focusing on that because its one of the only calls i really care about, but I mean the officiating has been absolutely terrible this year. But even still, c'mon England!!! How could you let any team score against you 4 times, IN THE WORLD CUP!!!! Thats unacceptable for any team at this stage of the game. Sure its exciting for the Germans and their fans, but its just plain embarrassing for us England fans. Its not like England is usually a bad team, they're one of the teams that people are usually scared of, but the way they played this year just makes me shake my head and consider whether i should really back them next world cup. I'm really only saying that now, because come next four years, i will have forgiven them and will be fully behind my team once again but for now, they let me and every other England fan down. Sorry guys, its the truth.
Now on to my other favorite team, Brazil. I've missed most of their games because of work but I mean theyve been winning so not much to complain about there. I've heard that they arent playing like Brazil usually does, and im also hearing that odds are for the Netherlands to knock them out next game. I think I might cry if they dont make it at least to the finals. The only teams i could bare them losing to are Germany and Spain. Germany because well, look what they did to England, any team that can crush another team like that deserves to win the whole thing and Spain because well, I dont really have anything against them. I am a fan of most of their players so not problems there. However, there really is no reason for them to lose any of their upcoming matches whoever they may go against.
Hopefully i'll get to see the rest of the matches, and ill probably post a reaction to the finals when its all over, thanks for reading and dealing with me complaining!!! =]]