World Cup Updates

You know I had to talk about the bs that went down on Saturday. I am of course referring to the rubbish football exhibited by the Super Eagles of Nigeria. If it wasn't for the Nigerian goalkeeper I am sure the score would have been 5-0.

Whatever bonus they planned to give to the Nigerian team should be given entirely to the goalkeeper. I cannot believe how LAZY the team played. I know that fans are going to say "oh it was only a loss by one goal", and that is all fine and dandy but the team is now LAST in the group. Didn't I say earlier that the Eagles (henceforth they shall be referred to as "the Eaglets" on this blog) would have to rely on the bad luck of another team to make it out of the group stages?

Well my prediction is about to be proven correct. I know the Eaglets love to play from behind but making it out of the group stages from last position? This Eaglets team is not the one to do it. Ever since the Eaglets qualified (at the very last minute) I have been saying that they should have honorably given up their World Cup slot to Egypt. It would have been the best thing to do since I am sure the Egyptian team would know what to do at the World Cup. Instead, the Eaglets are wasting money and time at the competition.

Also at the World Cup, Team USA. I know I am not the only one who watches ESPN and gets exasperated at the ridiculous exaggeration of the American analysts. It is as if ESPN is deliberately trying to mislead viewers into thinking their football team is better than it is. They had the cajones to say that the USA v. England game was one of the most anticipated matches at the World Cup.

Now, I don't know about the rest of you, but my most anticipated match is Brazil vs. North Korea. Why? Because I am anticipating a massacre and I am a bloodthirsty football fan. I also look forward to Cote d'Ivoire v. Portugal because I anticipate a great match. But Team USA? Well I am not sure that I really care whether they make it out of the group stages or not.

Amazingly, Team USA managed to tie with England in their first game on Saturday. They were only able to do this because the English goalkeeper was a complete idiot. In fact, I will be highly surprised if he didn't get beaten up in the locker room after the match. England was ahead 1-0 and all they had to do was hold on (or score more goals). Then their goalkeeper fumbled the ball (like a fool) and the ball rolled into the net. I can imagine the ball literally strolling into the net while whistling a merry tune and waving at the idiot English goalkeeper as he stared in shock. That USA goal will go down as one of the stupidest goals of the entire World Cup. But, a goal is a goal. 

Another stupid occurrence at the World Cup, handballs. We have already seen our first handball penalty of the competition and it is only day 4. It was Ghana v. Serbia and the handball led to a penalty kick for Ghana. So, Ghana got the penalty shot and that goal was the only goal of the match. This means out of all the African countries that have played so far, Ghana is the only team to actually win their first match. I am so very happy for them because, even though they won with a penalty, it is the general consensus that they would have won that game anyway since they played so well. I hope the Eaglets are taking note.


In other news, Germany beat the living daylight out of Australia with a 4-0 victory on Sunday. It really should have been about 6-0 but a few balls bounced off the poles of the net and didn't make it in. That was a really fun match. It was also slightly painful to watch because at a point the Australian team lost one of their players to a red card and they were already 2-0 down when this happened. Eventually it began to look as if Germany was simply teasing Australia like a cat playing with it's food. One of the German substitute players actually managed to score a goal within 5 minutes of getting on the field. Then, to add insult to injury, the German team began substituting their "star strikers" for the "backups" (one of whom scored a goal) and one of the subs was not even 21 years old yet. You could tell that the game was over way before the 2nd half.

Today, Cameroon played Japan and lost. 1-0. I begin to wonder how they managed to qualify for the World Cup in the first place. In fact, I am totally surprised they didn't kick the ball into their own net for goodness sake. I guess when Shakira sang, "Its time for Africa", she meant its time for Africa to not make it out of the group stages (except Ghana and hopefully Cote d'Ivoire).

Ahh well. Its only the World Cup.