Jun 11, 2006 02:47
I hate having the hic-ups. Or however you spell that. I find them wholly uncomfortable and irritating.
World Cup time, however, is making everything better. Football is truly my life. Stuff like this just reminds me of how obsessed I truly am with the sport.
Argentina vs. Ivory Coast was a quality game. Argentina power house. Riquelme. Against Ivory Coast, a team that performed exceptionally in qualifiers and were runners-up in the African Nations Cup. Plus Drogba. A star from my favorite premiership team, Chelsea. I love Chelsea. Last year I got to sit in the directors box at the half line for a game and eat with the managers before and during the match. Granted the game was against Southhampton, a clearly weaker team, but it was awesome. Good seats, though part of me missed the mayhem of the stands and singing loudly all the cheers. Especialy "Tiago!" sung to the tune of Dean Martin's "Volare."
Whoa, getting off track. Drogba. Ivory Coast. I can't believe the idiotic move Drogba made in getting a yellow card. Come on, mate. He chucks the ball at the keeper in a clearly unfriendly manner and gets booked for it. Another booking and he's out for a game in the group series. Cards are critical at this point in play and getting them for stupid reasons is just.....stupid. I mean I understand his frustration. Been there done that. I've chucked the ball at a fair few myself, hell I've been carded for such dumb things as cussing under my breath, but at the professional level and the best tournament in all of football you have to have some self control. Come on Drogba, you're better than that. Don't worry, though. I still love you and you're still my favorite player on World Tour Soccer for the PSP. In case you were wondering....
Argentina played a really clever game at the end. Props to them. Well done, Pekerman.
I'll go into more detail bout my obsessiveness, analysis and predictions because I know that you want to hear from an obsessed player-fan.
But not now. Now I must rid myself of this vile hiccups and sleep the sleep of the dead. But while remaining...alive...er...anyway...g'nite.
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