Fewer than ever Americans are watching the World Cup with no team in it but I have gone overboard, missing only a few games live and recording everything. I understand more and more why this is the most popular sport in the world. That American football is the "real" football is another myth to add to the long list of national hallucinations. The rest of the world is right.
At the same time, there are a couple of things my novice eyes don't appreciate. I don't like games decided by penalty kicks, when it happens. The game is so rough that penalties strike me as arbitrary, giving refs a lot of power to determine outcomes. I also don't like the histrionics of injury, even as rough as the game is. Too much trying to persuade a ref to call a foul.
But otherwise, what intense constant excitement! What conditioning the players are in! A remarkable sport indeed.
I'm still rooting for Jamaica and Senegal. I wouldn't mind Mexico taking it all. Might get a tweet out of that ha ha.
At the same time, there are a couple of things my novice eyes don't appreciate. I don't like games decided by penalty kicks, when it happens. The game is so rough that penalties strike me as arbitrary, giving refs a lot of power to determine outcomes. I also don't like the histrionics of injury, even as rough as the game is. Too much trying to persuade a ref to call a foul.
But otherwise, what intense constant excitement! What conditioning the players are in! A remarkable sport indeed.
I'm still rooting for Jamaica and Senegal. I wouldn't mind Mexico taking it all. Might get a tweet out of that ha ha.
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