England and Brazil booted out
I don’t know if I am sad for the Brazil defeat or the England’s, or for both. Brazil has always been a team which I supported from young and over the years I have come to cheer the English too.
Coming into the World Cup, I didn’t rate England as a potential World Cup winner – even if they had had a fully fit Wayne Rooney from the start. I just thought that they were overrated and overhyped.
As for Brazil, it was the way they played the beautiful game but I said to myself at the beginning of the World Cup that it would be bad for world football if they were to retain their title.
I was determined to watch both the quarterfinals today as a neutral supporter, wishing that the better team will progress to the semis.
But still, there was a tinge of sadness when England first lost out on penalties to Portugal. Then came the second quarter final involving Brazil and France and even when the French scored first, I thought Brazil will conjure some magic to pull level.
As the time went off, I realized that my heartbeat was beating a little faster and at the end of the play, Brazil was truly and fully beaten.
To think about it, I think both the results today were obtained on merit. Portugal did play better than England although their victory was a result of a penalty lottery. And as for France, they were simply magnificent and deserved to win.
As such, I guess, its only fair to be happy as a football fan for two better teams on the night are in the semis now and they can only improve the level of entertainment.
As for England and Brazil, its back to the drawing board again and start preparing for the future.
I don’t know if I am sad for the Brazil defeat or the England’s, or for both. Brazil has always been a team which I supported from young and over the years I have come to cheer the English too.
Coming into the World Cup, I didn’t rate England as a potential World Cup winner – even if they had had a fully fit Wayne Rooney from the start. I just thought that they were overrated and overhyped.
As for Brazil, it was the way they played the beautiful game but I said to myself at the beginning of the World Cup that it would be bad for world football if they were to retain their title.
I was determined to watch both the quarterfinals today as a neutral supporter, wishing that the better team will progress to the semis.
But still, there was a tinge of sadness when England first lost out on penalties to Portugal. Then came the second quarter final involving Brazil and France and even when the French scored first, I thought Brazil will conjure some magic to pull level.As the time went off, I realized that my heartbeat was beating a little faster and at the end of the play, Brazil was truly and fully beaten.
To think about it, I think both the results today were obtained on merit. Portugal did play better than England although their victory was a result of a penalty lottery. And as for France, they were simply magnificent and deserved to win.
As such, I guess, its only fair to be happy as a football fan for two better teams on the night are in the semis now and they can only improve the level of entertainment.
As for England and Brazil, its back to the drawing board again and start preparing for the future.
posted by Kabilan K at
11:17 PM
1 Comments:
Brazil is my favourite team too for as long as I can remember and therefore their early exit comes with much disappointment. Coach Parreira is known to be a very conservative (by Brazilian standards)coach but he managed to pull it thru in 1994. After the Confideration Cup last year, I thought Parreira was a changed man; but I was wrong. I remember saying that if Brazil plays like the way the played in the Confideration Cup final, then no other team in the world can match them. I still believe that, had Parreira formed his team around the Confideration Cup team, Brazil would have gone further. However, Parreira was too sentimental with Cafu, R. Carlos, Emerson and Ronaldo. I also believe that Parreira and the entire Brazil team were over-confident and perhaps thought they were unbeatable, no matter how badly they played. Looking back, there was not a single game that they lifted their game to the standards and flair expected of them; still they kept telling everyone else that their best is yet to come. in the end, their best never came and all their diehard fans were left frustrated and cheated. Parreira (and Eriksson) has failed where Scolari has succeeded and there was an interesting comment in the papers today that Scolari is going to defend the world cup! I will not be suprised if Portugal goes to the final and it is not beyond Scolari to achieve that. Back to Brazil, we'll have to wait for another 4 years and as in the past, they will surely bounce back stronger.
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