Waaannnnh! Game Over

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Tears. All those who got hooked to ESPN's diet of not one but two top class football matches every night for over a month, I am sure are shedding fat copious tears. Bemoaning the end of their daily tryst with the beautiful game. And the loss of what had become a nocturnal ritual with other proud members of the 'I am so into soccer' club. Let me say upfront that I tuned into the spectacular spectacle in snatches for its 'entertainment' value. For the tamaasha. Not for Canavarro's terrier like defence or Christiano Ronaldo's dodgy run bursts or Ghana's frustrating inability to convert a single of their attempts into a goal. I watched it more for the action on the sidelines and after the matches. I watched it mainly for the tears. Tears blazed a trail in FIFA 2006. So if the archetype metro-sexual....