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i have been away at orientation camp (unbelievably yes i joined!) and so missed out on the entire world cup fall-out. now it's as though nothing ever happened and it feels weird as hell, like there's no closure after a month of world cup action.
this world cup has been more or less like the past season's english premier league. all teams were shit, and the least shitty team won. i was watching the final, hoping that something interesting would happen, but at the same time hoping that neither team would win.
spain, they bore me to death, and probably bore their opposition too. 100% possession with no cutting edge. i get so pissed off watching them play. holland, simply not enough quality in their side, and besides, they had robben! the absolute scum of the earth in their team. i would never want to see him win anything.
there was no outstanding team. the south americans showed flashes of brilliance and good technique, but couldn't break down the organisation of the europeans and their technique failed them when it mattered the most.
the africans were dreadful, and i found it weird that everyone was supporting ghana. isn't that kinda like racism? supporting them just because they are black? glad that they didn't make it to the semis too.
besides that, almost all of the big name stars failed to make much of an impact. rooney, messi, ronaldo. too much pressure to deliver? but they're stars for that precise reason, to deliver results when it matters the most. ronaldo was of course the biggest loser of all, thinking he is god and shooting from 40m when his team were behind and time was running out.
but i think after everything, the one thing this world cup has really shown was the failure of fifa. the ball was absolutely shit and for the first time ever i could actually see it shifting in mid-air on my facking computer screen.
referring decisions were shit too, and football can no longer rely on the keen eyes of linesmen for such split-second decisions. football is really getting too big for such stupid things to occur. the only reason i can think of is that they need to influence games, and the most efficient way is through the refs. this obviously would be difficult if their decisions could be challenged by technology.
this world cup has been more or less like the past season's english premier league. all teams were shit, and the least shitty team won. i was watching the final, hoping that something interesting would happen, but at the same time hoping that neither team would win.
spain, they bore me to death, and probably bore their opposition too. 100% possession with no cutting edge. i get so pissed off watching them play. holland, simply not enough quality in their side, and besides, they had robben! the absolute scum of the earth in their team. i would never want to see him win anything.
there was no outstanding team. the south americans showed flashes of brilliance and good technique, but couldn't break down the organisation of the europeans and their technique failed them when it mattered the most.
the africans were dreadful, and i found it weird that everyone was supporting ghana. isn't that kinda like racism? supporting them just because they are black? glad that they didn't make it to the semis too.
besides that, almost all of the big name stars failed to make much of an impact. rooney, messi, ronaldo. too much pressure to deliver? but they're stars for that precise reason, to deliver results when it matters the most. ronaldo was of course the biggest loser of all, thinking he is god and shooting from 40m when his team were behind and time was running out.
but i think after everything, the one thing this world cup has really shown was the failure of fifa. the ball was absolutely shit and for the first time ever i could actually see it shifting in mid-air on my facking computer screen.
referring decisions were shit too, and football can no longer rely on the keen eyes of linesmen for such split-second decisions. football is really getting too big for such stupid things to occur. the only reason i can think of is that they need to influence games, and the most efficient way is through the refs. this obviously would be difficult if their decisions could be challenged by technology.
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