I woke up and it was 1-0.I woke up again and it was 4-0!
And I still got to see 3 goals!
Damn, 7-0. The Portuguese got a couple goals and suddenly they remembered why--20 or so years ago--they had started playing soccer: for FUN! It was a joy to watch a brilliant side shed their nerves and play the moving, dancing, unstoppable soccer that becomes them. It made me realize that this World Cup has been full of nerves, more so than in previous years. So many big teams overcome by the pressure that has been placed on their success: France, England, Italy, Spain. They have forgotten that playing in the World Cup for your country is first and foremost a great joy! So far, only Argentina and Brazil have let the joy flow--and with it, the goals.
Portugal's rout included goals from six different scorers. There were so many goals they didn't all fit on the highlight reel. Ronaldo played well and finally ended his drought in what my friend described as "some sort of circus trick!" The ball chipped the keeper, bounced on his back, and rolled over his neck before he fished it out of the air and passed it to the net. Maybe it wasn't the kind of brilliant goal he is used to scoring, but he grinned all the same, as if to say'Ha ha, this is how I score?'
North Korea, North Korea, are you there? I'm not really sure where the North Korean defense was, especially not the one that fended off Brazil for so long, but I'm more afraid of where they'll be going when they return home after their last match against Ivory Coast. Let's hope their elimination from the World Cup is not met with an eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth, elimination-for-elimination punishment...
Many, many Portuguese babies will be born around March 21st, 9 months from tonight.A little FUNNY COMMENTARY:
"Ronaldo gets his mojo back...with a grin that says this is how I finally score!"
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