I think the rest of the world is catching up with the traditional world powers...in soccer at least. Many of the well known soccer powers; like Germany, Spain, England, and Italy, are being felled by smaller teams from smaller countries (not that population of the country determines soccer skill, as Tony Kornheiser argued on PTI this week). This year, the underdogs are winning. Paraguay, Serbia, and Slovakia are performing unexpectedly well.
So...are the traditionally great teams getting old and lazy (yes) or are the traditionally mediocre teams getting better (yes)? Both! Games on the world stage are becoming more competitive because the previous chasm of skill difference is now just a tiny gap. I think this is a good thing, but many soccer hating pundits (like Bob Matthews of the Democrat and Chronicle) argue that this makes soccer less exciting to watch, because there will be less 5-0 blow-outs and conceivably, more 0-0 draws.
Honestly, this is fine with me. If you can't see the beauty in soccer, don't watch. And btw, stop complaining about the vuvuzelas. Suck it up and deal.
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I will be forever disappointed that Poland didn't make it to the 2010 World Cup :(
well, they made it in 2006, but they sucked. They kinda played like actual metal poles...:)
Aww what a horrid thing to say. I don't remember how well they did, only that I really enjoyed watching them :)
The actual metal poles denied the poles so many times it was monotonous. I mean really, if ur gonna hit the post that many times, you should make it a couple times
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