Even those who don’t follow football wish France to continue in the World Cup somehow. Not that they want them to win, just that with France around in the competition, there follows another week of drama, of losses, of fights, of expulsions, of resignations-anything but the football that is to say.
If it hadn’t been for the Anelka’s expulsion from the French squad and the subsequent refusal of other players to train, England would have stolen the limelight- Wayne Rooney’s outburst at supporters, Capello’s love-hate relationship with the media and then as if this all was not enough, John Terry hinted at speaking plain with Capello. Besides that, Robert Green is in the history books already.
And finally Football. If the controversy about the vuvuzelas is set aside, it’s safe to record that the World Cup has been full of surprises and some of the heavyweights are not performing to the level as would have been expected of them. But as we get to the business end of the tournament, one can only hope that the game takes the centre stage and in the end only one winner should emerge- The game of Football itself.
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