Like most of planet Earth, I'm becoming quite eager for the opening of the FIFA World Cup of Soccer to begin on June 9th. In a little over a week, the world's greatest sporting spectacle will kickoff highlighting sport, passion and patriotism. You'd think from my comments that I'm a hard core soccer fan, but surprisingly, I'm truly not.Like millions of Canadians, and I can only assume people across the globe, once, every four years, I become a soccer "expert". I get swept up in the World Cup tournament, admittedly, watching a number of players I had never heard of before the opening round robin games.
I'm certain I'll find myself racing in front of a television to watch teams such as Angola and Tunisia face off against one another. Do I know any players on either team? No. Do I have any heritage or history with either country? No. I just can't miss a minute of the action for some strange reason.
So as we embark on this month long tournament, I have some words of wisdom for those who DO follow soccer year round. Please, tolerate our comments about how exciting it will be to see Beckham face off against Ronaldo, or how we hope that "the volley from the corner finds it's way past the keeper". You only need to put up with us for a month - then you'll have four years all to yourself.
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Please, tolerate our comments about how exciting it will be to see Beckham face off against Ronaldo
Yes. But I just wanted point out that there might not a big chance of England playing against Brazil this time.
Both teams would have to win or come in second in their respective groups. Then they will have to advance to the semi-final in order to play against each other.
If one team came in second in their group and other team won their group stage, then they can only meet in the final.
Oh and of course, I will be cheering for Korea!
I'm rooting for England then the US. my grandfather thinks US could be the darkhorse of the world cup
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