The moment has come again where venues offering wide-screen plasma TV or projector screen with live broadcast of sports channel are fully occupied with football maniacs or even those who seek to enjoy the crowd of shouting oohs and aahs whenever there is a shot into or over the goalpost. Four years had passed since the 2006 World Cup and now, the 2010 World Cup had begun. It will be another bet for most people on whether which team will lift up the trophy this time. In 2002, it was Brazil. Followed by Italy to emerge as the champion in 2006. This round, will it be the fast-paced Argentines to win? Or will Brazil snatch back the triumph and joy as the top winner? Although most of us are expecting the big teams to proceed to the finals, it cannot be denied that there were a few surprising moments, or I can say "embarrassing" times when the team failed to make the cut. For example, the case of the Green fumble was most talked about after the goalkeeper of England accidentally let the ball slipped off his hands when he had actually managed to catch the ball, leading to a draw for the Americans. Then, the match between Spain and Switzerland had upset hundreds, or maybe thousands of fans around Malaysia when they lost one goal to Switzerland. Spain had been a favourite to win the game, much to our disappointment that they gave a lousy performance throughout the whole match. However, there were certain incredible goals made by certain scorers such as Park Ji-Sung, Maicon, Klose and Messi (eventhough all of his goal-shots were retained by the Nigerian goalkeeper, he was good). All in all, I hope there will be more exciting matches in the upcoming matches when round 16 begins all the way till the finals. Or else, the 90 minutes of each match may be used for something else instead.
p/s: I am rooting for Germany. =)
