G'day,
Now while the chicken is slowly roasting in the oven I find the time to complete the soccer blogging. The quarterfinals started with a promising game Brazil vs Holland and even though I was for Holland I had my doubts they could win that thing as well, Brazil is
one of the biggest names in soccer and their performance during this world cup so far has not been too bad. We all know how it ended and I must say that the Dutch put up a great fight and deserved to win that game.
I went to bed then to find out the next morning that I should have watched the second game. In the aftermath of that game the discussions on
FIFA rules reached the point where I couldn't understand it any more. Yes, I agree that there were pretty heavy referee mistakes this
world cup and yes, the new ball has it's funny little ways and yes, maybe it's time for
FIFA to view their referee policy in a different light but counting a goal that has not been scored?
That's bullshit!
What
happened was that in the last minute of the extra time one Uruguayan player prevented a goal by Ghana using his hand. The result: penalty for Ghana, red card for the Uruguayan player, all according to
the rules. The penalty shot went on the crossbar and so both teams had to do the penalty shoot-out which Uruguay won. Such is life as well as soccer.
The next day people started to complain that this rules were not fair, that there are other sports like basketball in which a sure score that is prevented by an action against the rules will be counted never the less and that
FIFA should consider this.
I don't agree completely with
FIFA's position on technical aids when it comes to determine if a goal was a goal, that this would take the drama out of soccer but I think a goal that has been prevented by unfair measures should not been counted as a goal because that would take the drama out of the game. I mean, everyone who watched Uruguay vs Ghana will remember this exciting game for the rest of their
life. If the goal would just have been counted, what a lame thing. And let's face it, if the same situation had happened in the first minute of a game Uruguay would have had to play the entire game with 10 people so I guess it's a fair rule.
Also
who wants soccer to be more like basketball anyway? There is a reason I watch soccer and not basketball. That's a pussy game anyway nearly as bad as netball...
I was
nervous all Saturday as I was convinced that Germany vs Argentina could go either way. I decided to watch the game at the German club in Windsor and picked up
Dorje and his cousin around 11 to be in time for the game. When we arrived at the German club around 11.30 we were told that they won't show it due to "legal issue". I have no idea what kind of issues they were but we decided to watch at Steve's place in Brunswick. On the way there it became obvious that we'll be a little late and we were joking that if we come Steve would tell us the score is already 2:1 or so but when we arrived at 12.05 we learned that it was already 1:0 and I was quite happy to learn that it was for Germany. Watching the game was awesome. I have to say it again: this is the best German team I ever saw at a world cup, we can win this thing.
The late game was also quite funny, if Spain plays like that on Wednesday they won't stand a chance. The two penalties were extremely entertaining but I was quite glad that Spain scored the 1:0 so I finally could go to bed at 6.30 in the morning.
I am very much looking forward to watching the semi finals...well that's all for today...have fun, take care and
cya laters
Participants get registered
Important safety advise: don't wear a scarf while go-carting
The carts...up to 75 km/h...that's decent
Zero alcohol tolerance...that means what?
Dorje giving a blow job...
Me blowing...
John doing the same and so on and so forth...out of twelve people seven were sober...even the Irish guys and that's official...well someone with 0.58 won the first challenge of the day...
We survivors were about to see the best safety video ever...
getting into gear...
a sober Irishman
extreme helmeting
finding the assigned vehicle
hey ho...let's go...
Go-carting is awesome fun...but with those fast carts it was a challenge not to do 360 degree turns...I managed even 540 degree turns...
Qualifying
Getting ready for the race...
I ran into John during the race which cost me quite some time...
Awards...finished third...
The real winners were the ones who didn't even race...
