World Cup fever has well and truly gripped this entire nation and all my classmates are in for the ride. Every single day since the World Cup began, we have been watching the games. Now, I'm not really a football fan. As a matter of fact, I'm the kind of guy who would never even bother looking at a football game. Hell, I don't even know what "off-sides" means.
But the fever is contagious, my friends, make no mistake.
Last night, we watched Poland suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of Germany. The goal came during injury time after 90 minutes of regulation and, since we had a classmate from Poland, we really felt that Poland could pull off a draw against Germany. Alas, this did not come to pass. A last minute goal from the Germans effectively snuffed out any chance Poland had of advancing into the 2nd round. You can imagine our Polish classmate's woe at this development.
This afternoon, England faced off against Trinidad & Tobago in what was thought would be an easy game. After more than 80 minutes of play, the score remained 0-0 and England had sent in the legendary Wayne Rooney to help out, to no avail. On the 83rd minute with English fans beginning to lose hope, Peter Crouch headed a ball into the goal to the astonishment of everyone. After all, he had missed roughly 5-6 attempts at the goal throughout the game. Pandemonium erupted in the bar as everyone cheered at this amazing development.
A few minutes later, another cheer rose up as Frank Lampard kicked an amazing goal past his defender and the goalkeeper. The game ended 2-0 in favor of England.
So, yes, dear readers, your office worker has now caught the World Cup fever and will continue to report on developments as and when they occur in the football world.
Cheers!
(Come on, England!!!)
posted by Manila Office Worker @ 3:06 AM
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