Girls have all reason to watch soccer. Look, we’re not simply drooling over the likes of Michael Ballack or the not-very-young-anymore David Beckham. We DO watch how they play and pitch our comments, although not as vulgar and mindless as the guys do. Yes, I do agree that we, the girls, don’t go to the extent of memorizing which players have scored how many goals in their careers, neither can we predict the fielding of players like the guys always do (as though they’re the ones managing the team). But we (some of us, I’m afraid to say) appreciate the sport as much as the guys do. So I wonder if the guys ever change their perspectives of how girls look at soccer. I don’t really care if YOUR girlfriend or YOUR wife totally hates the game and how the guys always end up sticking their noses in the television sets, because not all girls like to drag guys by the hair away from the television whenever there’s a match. Man, I DO appreciate footie ball.
So the opening match’s shown some good play, other than the 11 fouls on each side (see! I do notice these small details!). Germany against Costa Rica, 4 to 2. Many bookies must be tearing their hair out. I love such matches, because they keep you at the edge of your seat. When the first goal came in, I smiled. When Costa Rica drew with their goal, I smiled even more. It no longer mattered to us girls if the extremely cute German captain was fielded or not (well, maybe it mattered just a little), but the game’s good, though not good enough for those who betted and lost. Haha.
I do want to catch all the other 63 matches on television (since I’m too broke to afford a ticket to fly to Germany, not to mention get into the stadium and watch sweaty blokes run after the ball), but I don’t have cable tv (which is the saddest thing in the world), plus my exams are running up soon. Yikes.
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