Day 21. What happened today in Brazil.
No play today but always action going on somewhere.
Tim Howard has become the hero in every American's eyes, for doing what
he is supposed to do when standing between those 2 goalposts. So he
made more saves than any goalkeeper in World Cup history (15) but that
makes me, and other people who's comments I happily read online, think 2
things. One is, 15 shots? What was that
defence, of who we've heard so much about how bravely they defended,
doing? And I hope Belgium have some better finishing against Argentina.
Luis Suarez copied and pasted his apology from the last time he bit
someone, the President of Barcelona thought it was a wonderful apology,
Liverpool sighed a huge sigh of relief that somebody will pay ridiculous
money to help them solve their moral issue, and today Barcelona and
Liverpool started talking about a transfer.
Fifa are so
impressed by the level of interest Americans are showing in football,
that they think the US federation will make a bid for the 2026 world
cup. Level of interest = huge market potential for Fifa.
Ottmar Hitzfield, coach of Switzerland, has gone one step further than
some of the other coaches who resigned. He has quit football completely.
Good for him. He's 65 and after everything he's won he deserves some
peace and quiet. What does he plan to do in retirement? Work as a TV
pundit. Very relaxing.
Fabio Capello, coach of Russia, has been
called a thief by a couple of Russian politicians, for being paid 6
million pounds and achieving nothing. Bet he wishes he was back in
England....or sitting alongside Hitzfield in a TV studio.
Fifa
General Secretary Jerome Valcke said he is concerned by the high levels
of drunkenness inside and outside stadiums in Brazil. This is the same
man who was instrumental in getting the law in Brazil changed to allow
beer to be sold in stadiums in Brazil.
Another rest day tomorrow....
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