Another weekend has come and gone; uneventful as usual. A wonderful end to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa on Sunday with Spain beating Holland, 1-0. Once again, Paul the octopus has chosen the winning team! Maybe Spain should make him an honorary Spaniard. Finally saw The Last Airbender last night and, what can … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Fifa World Cup 2010
Viva, España!
An amazing game between Spain and Germany ended the World Cup semi-finals yesterday, with Spain beating the Germans 1-0 and moving on to the finals against the Dutch. I really didn’t see that one coming. Though not a fan of Germany myself, I did think they would win against Spain and move on to defeat … Continue reading »
Do cry for me, Argentina
It was a black day for Argentina fans last Saturday after the Germans beat team Argentina, 4-0. Argentina was strong coming in to the games, having won all previous matches. The match between Germany was Argentina’s first, and unfortunately, biggest loss. The remaining teams; The Netherlands vs. Uruguay and Spain vs. Germany will slug it … Continue reading »
Epic Fail
The Netherlands caused a huge upset over Brazil as it won the quarterfinals match, 2-1. I don’t think anyone saw that coming. Brazil started out strong, scoring its first goal just 5 minutes into the 1st half of the game. The Dutch scored its first controversial goal during the start of the second half, followed shortly by another, … Continue reading »
The World Cup Bar Scene
It’s not an exaggeration to say that the World Cup brings people together. Even in countries where football is not a popular sport, bars which show live broadcasts of the World Cup games are packed with people. Watching a game live in a bar is always exciting, with people energetically cheering for their favourite teams. … Continue reading »
World Cup Boozing
Suffering from sleep deprivation and possibly a slight hangover from last night’s World Cup drinking game. It was England vs. Germany, and just to make things even more interesting – as if they weren’t already – we decided to drink shots of soju when: 1) a goal is made, 2) a player makes a corner kick … Continue reading »
