There are only days left til the start of the greatest sporting event mankind has ever dreamed up and so now it is time to start preparing myself for this festive event. With any luck there will be a few treats to be had, I have a few friends who will be down in South Africa during the tournament and, with the proper amount of bribery, they might be willing to give us first person accounts of the matches that they attend. In addition to that, as I mentioned in an earlier post, I shall be writing about every match that I have the privilege of viewing. Some of them I may write as I watch. I expect these posts to be of lesser quality.
Anyway. Off to the first topic of Flips GLORIOUS World Cup Blog-o-rama Extravaganza!
Is the World Cup 2010 cursed??!!
The thought cracked open my skull and infested my brain yesterday. While I was driving off to do a couple of errands, a news blast came on the radio which announced that English football captain Rio Ferdinand would not playing due to an injured knee and Ivory Coast Football Jesus Drogba had broken his elbow during a test match. The latter news was particularly tragic as The Ivory Coast has been my favorite African football team since 2006 and there had been rumors of them riding the euphoria of the first African World Cup as far as the semi finals. With Drogba more or less out, that dream is shattered. I then cast my mind back to the fact that Germany, (Die Bundeself, Die Mannschaft!!!) had suffered a string of injuries, including Chelsea star and Matt Damon look alike Michael Ballack. A quick search in the internet revealed that several more big names, who for various reasons, would be watching the games on there four meter flat screen LED while their newest concubine services them rigirously.
What follows is a list of the fallen:
David Beckham (ok, not much of a surprise)
Luca Toni
Ronaldinho (fallen due to Coach displeasure)
Hans Sarpai
Fabio Grosso (once lauded hero of Italy, now booted for being crap)
Ruud van Nistelrooy (seriously?? this is starting to get silly)
Esteban Cambiasso (probably for not worshiping Maradonna, so credit to him)
Wayne Bridge (had to mention it because of the John Terry-and-Bridges ex story)
Salvador Cabanas (shot in the head!!!)
That is a fairly extensive list of big names and it goes on. Question is, does this mean anything or am I just seeing ghosts. In any case I will be snickering to myself at the fate of the England captain while on the inside praying that the three injuries sustained by the German team doesn't completely bone them for South Africa. Schadenfreude cuts both ways I guess.
Jesus, I mean, Didier Drogba has flown to Switzerland to have special neutral surgery on his arm and it looks like he will be able to rejoin his team.
ReplyDeleteIn other exciting news, the Gautrain started operating today and no one has blown it up yet nor are the workers on strike like they were last year, so that's a plus.