Football Meme

My favourite German blogger Jay has tagged me with an interesting meme (actually he’s the ONLY German blogger I know. Does Angela Merkel have a blog? Or Heidi Klum? Want to recommend me some few good ones of your friends? Must be in English though.)

It’s a football-World Cup meme. I don’t know if it is supposed to be for THIS World Cup only, or can I include other past ones? In comparison, this WC was kind of forgettable for me, but I’ll try to answer the best I can…

Your Best worldcup experience?
This has got to be the Final of USA1994 between Brazil and Italy. It wasn’t a great game, but I had a blast watching it. I was in the early hours of the morning (I think it started at 2am), my friend Ray had a small TV set in my dorm room in uni. Four of us – me, Ray, Dave the Slayer and my then roommate Kiat were watching the match in the dead of the night… When Brazil won in the penalty, we went ballistic! Ray and Dave the Slayer were jumping and dancing like morons… If we’re talking about THIS world cup, I’d have to say watching Germany in the opening match against Costa Rica. It was exciting, and I was thinking that this was going to a fantastic tourney. But somehow the quality went a little downhill after that…

The best match?
I thought Ronaldinho’s performance when they snuffed out England in 2002 was something magical. In Germany2006, I think Argentina’s 6-0 demolition Serbia & Montenegro was good. What a waste for the Argies. My friend just said something about them ‘sek lui’ (on the take).

Most beautiful jersey?
Hmmm… I’m never been much of a jersey guy. But I thought the Italians’ jersey in USA 1994 was smart. They made it from tight poly-or-something material that make any shirt-pulling very visible to everyone (and especially those short-sighted referees). This year I think all the jerseys were forgettable. Maybe Argentina’s away jersey was the smartest.

Best beer during the worldcup?
I don’t booze during matches. In fact I don’t eat or drink anything. Strict diet, no snacking. Except coffee.

Most favorite player?
Again, no clear choices. But I always like Figo, although not necessarily Portugal. And Lehmann, a Gunner.

Best moment on TV?
That whole Rooney – Cristiano Ronaldo fiasco.

Worst moment on TV?
The headbutt. And that shameless Buffon threatening the linesman like a thug.

And now? Are you up for more soccer?
No, not really. I need to go off it.

[tags]football, world cup, germany, soccer, Brazil[/tags]