Day -409 WorldCup2018
If you're Maltese and are on 'the social media', the next 33 days (is
it 32 now?) are going to be ugly. Forget Trump and Clinton. The
arguments flying back and forth are going to be spectacular: it'll get
personal, there'll be a whole bunch of incredibly dumb arguments,
there'll be people banging their heads on the social media wall
attempting to counter those dumb arguments, there'll be some very good
arguments which will get ripped to shreds by the people
who don't get the point and of course there will be a lot of "I don't
follow politics, so leave me out of it, but since I am now on 'the
social media' let me tell you what I think."
So I strongly suggest that you take refuge in my safe, happy sanctity
of football news. Look, it's May! Champions will be crowned, teams you
don't like will be relegated, last minute, season ending or making goals
will be scored and we won't have to listen to The Champions! The Champions! Champions League theme
song for a while....or for a month at least, when the pre-pre-pre qualifying starts again. It's a wonderful month.
And before you know it the Confederations Cup will start and the 2018
World Cup will seem a lot closer.
Ironically in 32 days from now
the Champions League final will be played. And some of the most
passionate football fans are in Malta. If Juventus, who have a huge
Maltese following, are in the final two interesting things may happen.
Many Maltese people may miss voting as they might be in Cardiff for the
final. Maltese people do not miss their football for anything and most
don't miss an election. And if Juventus win there will be quite the
celebration on election night before the results are announced. Maltese
football fans (of foreign teams) don't miss an opportunity to celebrate
and election night is usually one of the quietest nights in Malta.
It'll be fun. And by the end of the 32 days we may all be dancing and
singing like the Grimsby Town fans at Barnet last Saturday with their
Mariachi band.
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