Finally, The World Cup will begin.... On June 16th
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Fret and Fume. Ain't that what many of you are doing. I sure was. Not much flair on display, the beautiful game was becoming too technical with some predictable coaches on board. But then tonight, 16th June, with the last match between South Africa and Uruguay, the cup will really kick-off.
Because of two reasons :
1> Most of these players hardly play for their country. All year, year after year, they get used to the system put in place by their respective clubs. And then they play a few qualifiers, a few friendlies here and there, a few warm up games and suddenly here they are : right on football's biggest stage. It takes time for players to gel. And gel they will.
2> There won't be much space for technical games from the second match that every team plays, until of course you score a goal. It's gold or bust time. And for that, you need to put on whatever flair you have on display. So, apart from a couple of teams who have achieved what they had to just by coming to the World Cup, the game will open up.
And yes, the men in fancy pants lost today. Because you did not put all your best players on the pitch. So, Mr Del Bosque, put Cesc fabregas in, give Iniesta to run on the left flank and see the difference. MAKE NO MISTAKE, Spain is going in. And if they are number two in the group, we have a mouth-watering Brazil vs Spain in the offing in the round of 16.
Tell you what, I will be seeing it live in Johannesburg !!!! Yummy.
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