World Cup 2010 starts in less than an hour and a half. South Africa v. Mexico at 9:25 am, followed by Uruguay v. France at 1:00 pm. No words can describe how stoked I am. I wait for two years for the big football games to watch and analyze Germany's competition. I'm particularly upset this year though, however, because Germany's Michael Ballack (also captain) was injured by, of all people, a Ghana player in a "friendly" pre-group match. He'll be out the whole series. But as long as we have Klose (our top scorer) and the rest of the team plays good football, we'll have a great match.
Ballack claims that, as far back as '06, Germany has never lost a game that he scored in. So that kind of upsets me. But we're going to do it. As much as I'm supposed to cheer for the US team, I just can't find the heart to. We're not that great on the international stage. We got that fluke during the confederations cup that everyone seems to think will carry on to the world cup, but the fact of the matter is American football is not as good or developed as the rest of the world's football teams. Maybe we'll make it to the second round, but I don't foresee a finals match.
Anyway, I'll be covering most of the matches that I can catch as much as I can on this blog. It's my favorite event, aside from the Olympics and the Euro cup. So good luck to all the teams, and win this one fuer Deutschland!
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