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So the tournament finally kicked off yesterday in Munich, finally the talking stops and we get to see some football !
Got to Munich two days ago , am staying in a Tent Village on the outskirts of the city. It´s a cracking atmosphere here, a mix of all nationalities and cultures. Obvously there´s shedloads of Germans about, but aside from them by far the most numerous fans are the Mexicans, they´re everywhere.
The last couple of days there was a real buzz of anticipation leading up to the opening Germany v Costa Rica game. Went to watch it at the Olympic Park where there was a huge screen mounted on the lake. It was absolutely rammed full by the time kick off came around, thousands of flag waving Germans, interspersed by the odd Costa Rican Flag. But it wasn´t just Germans and Costa Ricans, virtually every country was represented there, it was riot of colours, flags and banners. Getting a beer was damn difficult cos of the immense queues, but at least the Bratwürsts were good !
Then finally we kicked off. Good coupla goals from Germany, but there defence looked pretty shite to me, any balls over the top and they were in trouble. But they got the result they, and probably the tournament needed, so there were a lot of happy Germans at the end. And some very drunk ones as well, they can certainly drink when they want to.
The metro on the way back was quite entertaining, cos they were all singing and dancing and jumping up and down ans singing “we´re going to Berlin” like they´d already one the World Cup. It´s only one win against Costa Rica, calm down ! And what about the poor old Poles against Ecuador, they didn´t look very happy on the TV. DOn´t worry Pete, you can turn it round against the Germans in the next game.
Top moment in the centre on the way back, there was this old German dude playing the accordion, traditional Bavarian type music I guess. And there was this mini party going on round him, all these different people waving flags and dancing round him in a big circle, most of them pretty hammered. There was even an Iranian flag flying around. The accordion geezer was loving it, don´t think he´d ever had such a big Audience. It´s what the World Cups all about, people from different cultures and backgrounds coming together and having a damn good party!
So today it´s off to the Olympic park today for England v Paraguay. There´s a fair few English here in Munich, we should be pretty well represented there. Prediction 3 – 1, Crouchy getting two on the way to the Golden Boot. Tomorrow am probably off to Nuremberg for the Mexican game.
Will try and get some more pictures up soon.
COME ON ENGLAND !!!
Do all the Mexicans hate Peter Crouch? The ref seemed to yesterday. He wouldn´t let him do anything. Maybe its because he´s over 5 foot tall.
Republic was fun for the footy. Everyone beered up. Gave them a CD of England footy songs. Most stayed to sing along then watch the mighty Trinidad. Christina turned up 2.5 hours late for the England match, she can´t cope without your organization Bob.
Poland will come back with force. Mexico for today. Have fun Binho.
Comment by Pete — June 11, 2006 @ 10:31
What a great start to the World Cup! Even the weather is playing its part for us all.
I thought Crouchie was star yesterday. It wasn’t his fault that he was left out alone in the second half. Don’t worry he will start his scoring spree on Donnerstag.
Even our arch rivals Sweden have done us a big favour. No cheering from our Swedish friends across the road!
Keep the reports coming in Rob….daily if you can.
Comment by Dad — June 11, 2006 @ 11:14
Ouch, that wasn’t the result I expected. What comes around goes around – especially after watching the England game I was bragging how the Swedes would show you all how football is supposed to be played. 😉 Oh well we will come back stronger against Paraguay.
Go Vikings!
(Just my luck as I drew Poland in the Office WC competition 😉 )
Comment by Jesper — June 13, 2006 @ 12:03