U.S Relations
- 12 Jun 06, 11:28 AM
Steve and Bernie - 2. U.S fans preparing for the Czech Republic match spoke to us from a campsite in Gelsenkirchen (from the WCHYS van) and had a good conversation with Joseph and Kwame (2 Ghanaian fans) and from Hanover, 2 Italian fans Luca and Elia. The Italians certainly think they'll dispose of Ghana quite comfortably while the Americans think the age of the Czech team will help them.
We talked about players criticising coaches (seen as a bad thing at a time when unity is required) and how delighted we all were when we saw a ref give a (Serbian) player a yellow card.......for miming a yellow card.
Also, i've just been on a programme called "Over To You" to defend the programme against people who think there's "too much football".....how can there be too much football?
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I don't watch a lot of football. I don't know who plays for which team, which team won which cup or why players suck oranges rather than gin and tonics at half time.
But that all changed a few years ago whilst staying in France during the French World Cup. The plethora of drivel available on french TV made us thank our lucky stars that at least the World Cup was being broadcast. For a couple of hours each evening we could sit and watch something with the sound off. Bliss!
I still don't watch a lot of football but now I can appreciate it has a purpose - It's not noir, it's not dubbed, it's not arty and it's not pretentious. God simply provided it for the englishman abroad - as an alternative to everything else on french TV.
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I like the way things are. We need more football and less of the other things [politicians, threats of war].
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I watched the game on TV during my lunch break. The Czech Republic has proved that it can go far and I am sure it will leave its imprint on the World Cup.
The USA Team [while I would prefer to see it win] has the problems with a society that suffers from a crisis of identity.
I could still remember members of my community [the Cuban Community in Miami] saying "that football will eventually die in America, Europe, and elsewhere in the world if it does not reform". Some members of the Cuban Community even say: "What will the Americans and other people think".
I even remember these same people talking about "knowing your place and loving baseball, American Football, and American Things" only to find out that these American "things" come from other countries and being surprised by this.
Even though I am a US Born Latin, I tell my critics the following: I LOVE FOOTBALL AND I COULD CARE LESS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT.
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