This year should have been an interesting one: South Africa (SA) hosting (using it as a way to bring together the people etc), some strong sides being fielded that have previously been weaker (Argentina) and an actually alright England squad.
However.
Instead of this, it's become more about nil-nil draws and Vuvuzelas (the proper name for the plastic trumpets that sound like bees the whole fucking match). The trumpets I swear must be ruining the ears of everyone near them. If they're being picked up by the crowd mics they are LOUD.
I've done my research on this. The vuvuzelas were first manufactured in 2001. They haven't got any heritage in SA, just a thing which they've been giving out for free in order to boost the advertising basically of this one plastics factory. Task fucking complete there. Luckily they don't really have PR in SA. They'd be fucked.
Every match is ending in a draw. I don't like football that much (obviously) but even with the world cup it's still just looking like a waste of time. The resounding message of this world cup is that people haven't waited four years for this crap.
Having said all of this though, there have been some surprises. The USA 'beat' England 1-1 (something nobody thought would happen. Even me. Who knows nothing) which was interesting in a painful way for us. Currently, Mexico are beating France 2-0. I know that's crazy because France normally do well; even coming runners up in the last world cup.
Who knows how this'll pan out. I don't have a clue wether or not England will get through to the knock-out stages. I hope so. I also hope that the whole thing just picks itself up. A ban on the horns would be a start, and then some victories instead of just fucking draws.
I don't know shit about football.
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