For lack of much associaltion with anything that was football-ish, all i knew about it before the world cup was probably the famous player 'Pele'.All thanks to the noise after each match and a series of Gyaan pilletes from my colleagues here on visit with me, I was interested!
Though not with extreme enthu, I had to succumb to the pressure of some colleagues, extremely passionate about soccer and i HAD to walk up to the Local Market place of this small town Walldorf in germany (Walldorf is currently where we are staying)
It was totally sunny at 5:15 in the evening, almost like the afternoon in India. I was not so aware that it would stay like this for the next 4 hours!
Ya, so we reach as the match was 15 mins up...the two teams playing were Argentina and Deutschland! Wow what a combination! I could make out the importance of this game only after looking at some tense faces..actually a good 1000 of them standing along with me, watching a big green screen under the scorching sun. and all of them roaring their throats away at every pass...Screams, Bands, drums, whistles, beer, flags and what not! And believe me, that was a match of its kind...1-1 till the end of the second extra time is tough! And Finally Germany makes it to the Semis after beating one of the world's best teams....phewww!
The whole crowd burst into puffs of excitement with each goal of the penalty shoot-out.I wish I was watching this in a stadium...the roar would have been deafening!
And then it was celebration time for the Germans....Flags, horns, beer, music all over!
It was an evening to remember! Iam sure this was one of the few things, I would feel lucky I was a part of.
3 comments:
Well ur in Germany, which is hosting the most important sport of the world.
Am glad you were part of the action and u lived it up in Germany. And i pretty well know that dammy and i were pressurizing u with all that football talk.. but u did have fun dint ya??!!!
Yeah, I consider myself lucky too..., thought all of Europe had invaded Germany to support their teams... flags & painted faces all around..
Most matches were good but still that charisma was missing somehow... was expecting players like Henry, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Cristiano Ronaldo... to produce those magic moments...
And in the end there was disaster awaiting in the finale... felt like flying back to Germany and punch my lovely Zizou on the face :(
Best Teams - Portugal & Germany (Even Italy played well after that lucky win over Aussies)
Best Player - none
Best Coach - Phil Scolari (yaya, even klinsmann was good, I'll place him second)
And yep, absolutely loved ur company... our cooking, shopping, office rooms, lunch&coffee breaks, the tours & donkey games were a lot fun....
Infact the entire trip was fun and the ones who eventually gave me a more memorable time were neither Germany nor the worldcup.. they were the people around me (including a few Germans and one Aussie)
my grammar is so very bad.... try to read the last para as if u were a 7 yr old...
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