World
Cup and England’s Exist
I
did not want to make any predictions about the outcome of the
semifinals but all the same watched both games with intent interest without any emotions
(no equanimity, there).
But
nobody talked about the Italians who were eliminated in qualifying
round to Sweden.
The
difference was one goal in two matches in the qualifying rounds in 2016.
1. I
did not want to see Panama in the final 16.
England
beat them by 6 to 1 and lost to Belgium 0 to 1.
Panama
was beaten even by Tunisia.
2. Most
of the African countries, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt do not
deserve to be in the Final 16 (not of the class of Europeans).
3. All
these countries are contributing lot of Money to FIFA which they mismanage.
Inquiries
of mismanagement (FIFA officials) are hushed up for decades.
4. The
money could have been better spent on African countries and poor
South American countries.
.
I
did not want Australia to be in too.
I
wished Russia to be in the semifinals but Croatia spoiled it for
them.
I
was not worried about Germany and Denmark going out, at all.
Their
game is boring to say the least.
England
should thank Croatia for eliminating them, early enough.
They
would have got a drubbing from French.
That
would be a bitter pill to swallow.
Now
what happened to the South American Nations.
Mind
you, Croatia a small country like ours with only 4 millions beat
Argentina.
They
should put money into poor South American young players.
The
good players are bought in by rich European countries like, England,
France, Denmark and Germany.
What
is left in South America (young players are poorly managed) left to
their own devises.
That
is the reason for quality of soccer going down worldwide.
Just
imagine a final between Italy and France.
I
hope Croatians give a decent game to French.
If
not we will see China (not Korea) playing quarterfinal against England, next time
round.
About
the English (all players playing in Europe) players, they are paid
huge sums and where there is money there is lack of commitment.
This
is what has happened to cricket, too.
They
are paid huge sums and when I see some of their performance in and out of the cricket field, it is disgusting and appalling.
Umpires and referees are no better.
That is why there is no crowds to watch cricket.
That
is why I watch soccer with more interest than cricket (not even T20,
the spoiler game) and stop writing about cricket for a long time.
Indian
IPL killed it for good.
That
is the bottom line.
