Countries You May Root For: As Of 7/4

by Tara Ariano on July 4, 2006

in Toronto, World Cup 2006

~~Germany~~
~~Argentina~~
~~England~~
~~Australia~~
~~Switzerland~~
~~Ghana~~
France

Great. We all know how good the French are at rising to the occasion in a tense situation.

Beep.

{ 7 comments… read them below or add one }

Glark 07.04.06 at 6:35 pm: What have the Germans ever done to deserve this?
R0913R 07.05.06 at 3:43 am: Glark, since you asked.

German soccer has been known for ages as positively horrible. Effective, but horrible. Whenever you think you’ve won against the Germans, they score. Most likely in the final minute of the game. And that sucks not because they don’t deserve it, but because they’re so goddamn lucky all the time.

Yesterday the tables were turned, which I realised meant a honk fest in your neighbourhood, but really both parties deserved what they got. I realize it is not of any interest to you, but beauiful soccer survived.

And if that’s a premise for tonight the French will win.
Deborah 07.05.06 at 6:03 am: I just woke up and saw the news that Italy won the most recent game.

I’m so sorry.
rachelmack 07.05.06 at 10:28 am: The real question being, what have the rest of us ever done to deserve this? Can\’t they just go to the bar and buy a round for the bar, like any civilized breed of sports fan?
LTG 07.05.06 at 4:20 pm: Personally, I love a little public exuberance every once in a while. When I lived in Boston, I loved it when Brazil did well in the World Cup, because the honking and hollering was at least a change of pace from the normal stick-up-the-ass attitude of the Back Bay and big chunks of Cambridge.
Tara Ariano 07.05.06 at 4:22 pm: Every once in a while is fine. Eight times in a month is a bit much.
secretagentman 07.05.06 at 4:42 pm: When it disrupts a 20 block radius, for hours and hours, it’s bitchcrazy time. Vive la France!!