FootuBall!!!

It was one hectic of a schedule lately to rush to office, finish off all work and rush back home just for one thing. :) FOOTBALL :)

World Cup is one event I always look forward to. There was a time when I used to be an addict, with so much of exposure to football, not just watching but also playing. I thought of just expressing my views on the latest edition of World Cup.

France:

Although the current team can never match the quality of 98 World cup winning french team, I expected atleast some decent results from them. They lacked displicine and completely out of sorts and deservingly out of the first round.

Italy:

Once represented by living legends like Maldini, Del Peiro, Roberto Baggio, this Italian team lacked the experience. I thought Del Piero shouldve been included in the current team to give the flair which was missing. They really lacked the class acts of players like these still I expected them to atleast come out of the first round, yet again a huge disappointment.

England:

I never had hopes on this team. I have always thought that England is an over hyped team inspite of having 'stars' like Roonie, Gerrard and Lampard. Defence was a joke and as expected they didnt progress losing to a German team that was unstoppable.

Brazil:

Frankly, I thought Brazil would go on to win the world cup and my money was on them eventhough they were not at their usual best. I thought they were clinical and in football what matters most is that to score 1 goal more than the opponent and thats exactly what brazil were doing till the QF. Kaka was disappointing as he has been with Real until now. I personally like him as a player a lot and according to me he is still the best player in the world although the form suggests otherwise. As the famous goes, form is temporary and class is permanent. I expected them to beat Holland but that didnt happen.

Argentina:

Argentina was hugely dependent on Messi. I truely respect this player. He is more than just a football player! He has pace, flair 3 defenders are too less to contain him! He didnt score a single goal in the tournament but words just can't explain how much he impressed me with his skill. He is one reason that I will be following Barcelona more than usual. On a day in which they were expected to beat Germany, they were convincingly beaten by a clinical German side who showed the world what counter-attacking means. I nevertheless never expected Argentina to be kicked out in this fashion but credit of course goes to Germans. A perfect example of football being a team game than an individuals.

Germany

A young and promising team with class, skill and composure! They played as a team and won matches in style. Beating england and argentina by 3 goals and 4 goals margin respectively is no fluke. Counter-attacking football at its best! They knew how to break the defence and they did it in style.

Spain

Champion material! one of the favorites to win the world cup but they had always been in all the world cups but never lived to that expectation. This time though they played with lots of confidence and flair, the spanish way and won the world deservingly.