So, who to support in the world cup, now that England are out.
Some people say the logic goes “support whomever beat you”, because that way you can at least console yourself in that if they go on to win, you got beaten by the best. But that’s just a tiny bit rubbish, and doesn’t sit well to me in that Portugal didn’t impress me much during open play, and only got through by a few lucky saves by their goalkeeper during penalties.
I’m ultimately hopeful for a final between Germany and France, as both sides seem to put on the best show by far during the tournament. And forced to decide, I’d probably say Germany, as they seem to have been viewed as underdogs before the tournament, and certainly during it’s early stages. They’ve also (so far) put on a great tournament, and the home nation always deserves to do well. So, for the quality of the football, and the underdog nature of it all, Go Germany!
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July 5th, 2006 at 9:46 am
So, who now, after last night.
July 5th, 2006 at 9:48 am
sob
I should really have kept my mouth shut. You’d have thought I’d have learnt by now!
OK. I’ll be rooting for Portugal, because France would be better in the final.
July 7th, 2006 at 10:54 am
Now the major problem.
France because of they are oldies (me too)
or Italy, because they are skillful divers.
You should be supporting France as they are old pals of Scotland, on the other hand their are an awful lot of Italians in Scotland.
July 9th, 2006 at 11:32 pm
[...] All in all, I enjoyed the match. I was supporting France, having earlier hoped for a Germany v France final, but that wasn’t to be thanks to the Italians. But the Italians never really grabbed me. No star players to latch on to, a few moments to savour, but more it felt an opportunity missed. A team that has done so badly in penalties in world cup tournaments was supposed to fight hard in extra-time. This team seemed hamstrung. [...]