World Cup Brasil
 

Starts today! I get interested in soccer every four years, like clockwork. Actually I don't get overly interested in clockwork but it can fascinate. Anyway we appear to have a pretty good young club and a damn fine coach let's see if we can avoid another Ghana mistake.

Selfies in Rio, stunning Brazilian women, food oddities, politics, the amazon, environmental and economic issues I would welcome anything of casual interest drift to your hearts content.

Go Germany

Lousy timing for our first game. 23.00 KO on Saturday 14 against Italy.
I daydreamed about going to watch it in a pub, even though I knew it wasn't a great idea.

But after all it's just too late. I'd have to be there by 21.00 latest to get a seat. A seat I would no doubt lose any time I needed to go for a wee or go to the bar. A seat which would be useless during the match anyway as everyone else jumped to their feet. Altogether too expensive, too tempting.
I will stay at home, go to bed early with the radio on and set my alarm to wake up for the kickoff.

I'm not working on Sunday, so whether I stay awake or not is up to me.

Going to listen to the first match tonight though.
Just to hear whether the stadium holds up!
No, not really. To hear whether the pressure Brazil have been under works in their favour against Croatia.

Ingerland.

Well! Who'd'a'thunk the Dutch would put five past Spain?


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I was listening to it. Wished I'd been able to watch, great game.

The jury is still out re me watching the game tonight. I checked out the Rose & Crown the other day; older clientele, reasonably priced soft drinks, not a Big Screen TV Pub, but that might work in my favour. The locals might all be in bed :)

Truth is, I probably will be too, with the radio on.
But having found this place I am allowing there is an option.

(I still believe, I still believe
It's coming home it's coming home, it's coming
Football's coming home)

The funny part is the after the fact articles. Apparently everyone saw that coming. :eyebrow:

And what about Costa Rica putting one over on Uruguay!


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I am pulling for Argentina. After watching the Premier League this year, I'm convinced Brits don't know how to play soccer.

Berlin brings folks to the stadium.

Shush. We play football, and we play it very well thank you.
Even last night when we lost :mecry:

I never expected England to win over Italy, never went out thinking I would walk home in triumph. But the equaliser came so quickly and we were playing so well.
We dominated that game.
It just felt so unfair to lose.

I did go out to watch it.
And the pub was damn near empty at the start of the match. But by half time it was filling up with late 20s early 30s lasses in little dresses asking about the karaoke. Seems that it's a regular late night haunt, which I really did not expect. I was there, sober and soberly attired in a black cotton jersey top and dark denim skirt. Mutton dressed as mutton.

Glad I got to watch the game though, despite not being surrounded by other fans.
Swings and roundabouts, I had a seat, a great view of the tv and was right next to the Ladies (which was clean).
Oh and I got a free bacon bap out of it, although the less said about that the better :yelsick:

The shush was to Sarge btw.
Not Bruce.

That's really cool!
It's like my milkshake bringing all the boys to the yard...

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooalll

goalgoalgoalgoalgoalgoalgoalgoalgooooooooooooooooooooooooooaalllll!!!!

(USA v Ghana 45 seconds)