Jul 20
Yesterday’s World Cup final was as long as any Super Bowl. Thankfully in the first ever football Super Bowl football eventually won.
Argentina became more and more contemptible as the tournament went on, and how their players acted at the final whistle was deplorable right up until them turning their backs on the Spanish team, who had given them the guard of honour, when they went up to collect the cup from the camera shy President(s).
Please click for moreFor someone that was born just a couple of weeks after the 1966 World Cup Final the hurt has ached for a long time. Tonight is a struggle to be honest.
The best team did win, but the question nags and it will for the rest of the summer, is did we allow them to win or did they beat us?
Please click for moreI was so fortunate on so many levels to be at the Argentina v Egypt game yesterday.
If the England game on Sunday was the best so far, then yesterday ran it close. It was heartbreaking for the Egyptians, but to see Lionel Messi in the flesh and watch in awe as all around me their supporters made a cacophony of noise made for a truly memorable day.
Please click for moreJust like for the final of The Euro’s I was once again on a (long-booked) flight during the majority of the World Cup Final yesterday. I landed just at the beginning of the 2nd half and with the result seemingly a formality, I escorted the family to the mall for a bit of Christmas shopping.
The mall in Miami was pretty sparse, but there were pockets of people crowded around phones and after the gasps that followed France’s incredulous comeback, the place erupted at the finale. Whether they were Argentinian, I’m not sure – it would seem odd an Argentinian would be out shopping at this time – but the considerable Latino populace in Miami clearly enjoyed it.
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Flushing Meadows, New York
