World Championship
Hey did you hear that there is a world championship that is going to be crowned this month?
No, I’m not talking about the NBA Championship which crowns a North American team as a “World Champion”, I’m talking about Football or as we on this of the pond call it Soccer.
Yep that’s right it has been four long years since Brazil with Ronaldo’s two goals beat Germany in Yokohama, Japan.
Back again is Brazil with a star a studded team featuring not only Ronaldo, but FIFA two time player of the year Ronaldinho. They are so good that they could easily field two world class sides and are clearly the number one team in the world, but don't hand over the trophy just yet. The best team, like in all team sports, doesn't win all the time, and Brazil has done this before (see 1982 as example one).
You see in that year Brazil was also ranked number one in the world and was led by prolific scoring midfielder Zico, who is arguably one of the 10 best players all time. That year they blitzed through the first round unchallenged. In the second round, they were paired up in “the group of death” that featured not only Argentina with Maradona, but also Italy with it’s staunch defense. In a bout of great defense beating great offense Italy prevailed against Brazil in a game of the century and went on to win the World Cup.
So, who will win it all this time around… my guess is the Azzurri of Italy.
What can I say … call me a homer.
Forza Italia!
No, I’m not talking about the NBA Championship which crowns a North American team as a “World Champion”, I’m talking about Football or as we on this of the pond call it Soccer.
Yep that’s right it has been four long years since Brazil with Ronaldo’s two goals beat Germany in Yokohama, Japan.
Back again is Brazil with a star a studded team featuring not only Ronaldo, but FIFA two time player of the year Ronaldinho. They are so good that they could easily field two world class sides and are clearly the number one team in the world, but don't hand over the trophy just yet. The best team, like in all team sports, doesn't win all the time, and Brazil has done this before (see 1982 as example one).
You see in that year Brazil was also ranked number one in the world and was led by prolific scoring midfielder Zico, who is arguably one of the 10 best players all time. That year they blitzed through the first round unchallenged. In the second round, they were paired up in “the group of death” that featured not only Argentina with Maradona, but also Italy with it’s staunch defense. In a bout of great defense beating great offense Italy prevailed against Brazil in a game of the century and went on to win the World Cup.
So, who will win it all this time around… my guess is the Azzurri of Italy.
What can I say … call me a homer.
Forza Italia!
posted by Fe Man at 12:37 PM
5 Comments:
I was rooting for Poland. I'm just going to stop rooting for teams. Nothing good ever comes of it.
Would you mind rooting for Brazil? I hear they have a real tough match.
Go Brazil!!!
Almost blew it today for you. Turned on the game and started rooting for Italy. Luckily, I remembered to cheer on Ghana just in time.
ENGLAND, ENGLAND, ENGLAND!!!
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