Now I’m extremely surprised that NZ made it to the world cup, but we slid in only because Australia moved to the Asian division, leaving us with free pass really.
This mornings game was very emotional. I missed the 1st half because I slept in, and seeing us down by 1 to Slovakia was disheartening. But I didn’t feel so bad considering that we usually get beat 2+ to nothing, and Australia got nailed 4-0 by Germany.
I was getting ready for work, and was about to close the lid of my Macbook Pro, when I felt the excitement on the commentators voice, and quickly pulled the lid back to see a beautiful cross connecting with Winston Reid’s head, and BOOOM
GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!
I found myself screaming in excitement, something I haven’t done yet during this World Cup. I was so happy that, even though I didn’t have an All Whites T-Shirt, wore the NZ All Blacks colours.
I don’t know how well we will do on Sunday against Italy, but I’m happy that we scored a goal and didn’t loose 1st game in.
GO ALL WHITES!!! MAKE US PROUD!!
I am totally rooting for New Zealand. They are such the scrappy, wild-card team out there. And they look so happy to be there. I’ll be cheering with you (unless they play the U.S., in which case I’ll be torn, or South Africa, in which case, sorry, I gotta root for the South Africans)(you can tell, my nationalism only goes so far – I tend to root for the underdogs, which might mean cheering for your team against my own!)
I am totally rooting for New Zealand. They are such the scrappy, wild-card team out there. And they look so happy to be there. I'll be cheering with you (unless they play the U.S., in which case I'll be torn, or South Africa, in which case, sorry, I gotta root for the South Africans)(you can tell, my nationalism only goes so far – I tend to root for the underdogs, which might mean cheering for your team against my own!)
Well, both our teams are out now. You come visit me, I’ll buy you a beer, we can commiserate, and we can not-quite-whole-heartedly root for another team. Ghana? I always like when the African teams do well. Uruguay? They are doing stellar things in human rights in that country right now (yes, I sometimes root for countries based on their human rights record). This could be difficult, though, because they are playing each other. We could just root for the rest of the European teams to go down.
It was a tough game against Ghana! Americans fought well, but in the end, alas, it wasnt enough. Just like NZ not loosing wasnt enough. I want an african team to advance further, so for now i’m rooting for Ghana. And i like Argentina, so thats my south american pick. For europe, i’m going with Portugal. But again, it will be a half-hearted cheer for all of them.
Well, both our teams are out now. You come visit me, I'll buy you a beer, we can commiserate, and we can not-quite-whole-heartedly root for another team. Ghana? I always like when the African teams do well. Uruguay? They are doing stellar things in human rights in that country right now (yes, I sometimes root for countries based on their human rights record). This could be difficult, though, because they are playing each other. We could just root for the rest of the European teams to go down.
It was a tough game against Ghana! Americans fought well, but in the end, alas, it wasnt enough. Just like NZ not loosing wasnt enough. I want an african team to advance further, so for now i'm rooting for Ghana. And i like Argentina, so thats my south american pick. For europe, i'm going with Portugal. But again, it will be a half-hearted cheer for all of them.