The World Cup

There is a lot of football on TV at the moment, this is what I feel. The rather tense match between the host country's best hope, Ghana, and Uruguay, left me feeling a little less sentimental about the whole thing, it would have been nice for the team and the African supporters to have at least seen their country go through to the semis or final, purely for the reason that it was THEIR country and they should get a place by default. But unfortunately it doesn't work like that and you cannot deliberately change the outcome of the game, unless you are in China. "Come on on Ghana", I say, my new adoptive country even if they lose.

Watching this match with my mother summed up the attitude I think many people have about the world cup, this is what she had to say. As our conjoint support of Ghana was silently expressed, she shouts, "come on you big girls blouse with your head band" - about a Uruguayan player. Uruguay then score and she goes, "YES". Confused, I ask, "But I thought you were supporting Ghana with me, plus you just suggested they were 'girls'". Pause. "You just like goals don't you?", to which she replies, "yes". Enough said.