Maybe I will also get to celebrate my team winning the World Cup one day
The agony of being a supporter of the Netherlands football team, of being denied again and again, forever, while everyone else celebrates.
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The World Cup That Showed How Football Has Changed
It has been a week since Moscow broke Croatia’s heart. The world still reels from the hangover of the most amazing and dramatic athletic tournament anyone alive can remember. For a month, the world cup was the dope that kept the world off the current world reality shit show, keeping us all happy. As the world…
Growing Out of Popular-Culture Afflictions
The Football World Cup starts today. Yes, the FIFA World Cup, Russia 2018 kicks off in a few hours! I always considered the World Cups as among the most important events in my life and can vividly remember when and where I watched them ever since USA 1994. I always prepared for them, brushed up…
UEFA EURO 2012 – The Battle for Europe Begins!
(You can read more Euro 2012 posts written by me here, mostly match-reports and analysis and stuff! Thank you! :)) For glory and honor, sixteen nations will face off each other once again after four years to decide the new champions of Europe! The UEFA European Football Championships 2012 (EURO 2012) kicks off at 17:30 Central…
The World is Not Oranje. The Netherlands and The World Cup – Part 2
Nope. It did not happen. The colors the World would turn into were to be Red and Gold. Not Orange. Heartbreak. Again. The Dutch with not losing a single game all along the qualification and the finals stumbled where it mattered, forgot to play football, lost against a side which actually played football and ended their campaign in tears. Defeat…
The World is Oranje! The Netherlands and The World Cup – Part 1
Please be noting that this is NOT a fail post, but emotional stuff. :) This one will be a ‘before and after’ affair. One part before the World Cup final and one part after it, whatever be the outcome. Octopussy be damned, I believe that the Netherlands a.k.a Holland a.k.a Oranje should bring the long-overdue cup home to…
India’s World Cups of Woes – Part 2: Being a Football Fan in India
Life is hard. No doubt about it. Especially so if you are a Football fan in India. In India, cricket rules like Hugo Chavez rules Venezuela. And just like Chavez’ political opponents, any other sport simply does not exist on a national scale or has been pushed into oblivion, including football despite it having the largest popularity and fan base across the world. The…
India’s World Cups of Woes – Part 1: Football in India?
Please be noting: Below post does not apply to Cricket. Thank You. We Indians have this strange habit of asking the same question over and over again, especially so when we already know its answer. (Doubt? Watch some of the ‘expert panel debates’ on any news channel). Despite being well-answered, we ask these anyway and then answer…
Cricket, I Unfollow Thee!
“Dude, who won the Bangladesh – Sri Lanka match in the Asia Cup yesterday?” “Oh. There is some Cricket going on? Sorry, didn’t notice.” “What? How CAN you sit and cheer for some gora foreign country when India is playing at the Asia Cup? You don’t have any love for your country.” There we go…
Enough of ‘Decent’, Boring Football – I Want Crazy Back!
The FIFA World Cup 2010 is underway as we speak. Being an absolute football fan, me took to the idiot box as soon as the first whistle was sounded. But as it progresses, there is a very uneasy feeling of boring settling in about the whole thing. Something, no, many things are missing. And it is…