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The Beautiful Game…NSR

July 4, 2010 by Alison Solven

4 Jul

Hello Footballers…

DSC01235-2  The World Cup is reaching a fever "pitch" going into the Semi-finals (c'mon Germany) and last weekend my son and his team entered a local tournament.  It turned out to be a big deal (they just thought they'd kick the ball around a bit) with the Mayor of Vancouver and local print and television media in attendance.  They represented Slovakia (you had to pick a country and one of the members is from Slovakia plus it was a first time final appearance by the country in the World Cup tounament in South Africa).

DSC01249-2 They ended up playing 8 games over two days – crazy on their bodies and lost out in the semi-finals on penalty kicks.  I think they were secretly happy to stop playing and head to the beer garden. 

 

DSC01237-1 The weatheDSC01246-1r was also crazy – hot to cold, rain to sun, wind to freezing.  That's Vancouver for you.  Here's pictures of the two extremes – all in the same day! 

The team was really on fire and Ian was a scoring machine (he has a torn MCL in his knee – see the tape job) and probably shouldn't have played but he ended up scoring 8 goals including one on a break away where he lost his shoe half way down to the goal.  After he scored the opposing player brought him his shoe – very funny!

Now to the real World Cup…

I LOVE the fans – some are hysterical with their costumes.  Here are a few from the England/Germany game last week.  Their faces say it all don't they?

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What were these fans thinking when they put these costumes on?  One guy had the presense of mind to hide his face.

 

 

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Won the war…lost the game.

I'm sure dressing up seems like a good idea BEFORE the game but wouldn't you hate to walk out of the stadium dressed like this?

They call soccer "The Beautiful Game" – is it the passing, strategy, fitness (an average player runs a marathon a game – 11KM!)?  It really is the "beautiful game" and here's why….my favourite player Michael Ballack. 

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I'm just sayin'….makes you want to start watching football doesn't it?

Back soon with stamping stuff…

Alison   

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