World Cup blog: Loud noise and lousy football
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Yesterday football fans gathered around their TVs hoping that Brazil would finally spring the World Cup into life. They're still waiting. The night did introduce us, however, to this year's possible over-achievers - North Korea. But lets face facts; so far the World Cup has been a bit of a bore!
With favourites Spain still to play there is still hope that we may be treated to some goals, decent passes, skill and a high score line. Last night, however, Fifa's no.1 ranked team Brazil struggled against the 105th placed North Koreans.
The final score was 2-1 to Brazil but for large periods the North Koreans pushed them, cheered on by some middle-aged men, who looked strangely like diplomats who were told to don a jersey and learn some chants five minutes before kick-off.
Sexy football
I never thought I'd be relying on the Germans for goals and sexy football but so far, they are the only country to deliver. The German's 4-0 drubbing of the hapless Aussies is the only result that sticks out on my wall chart, which has so far been plagued by goalless draws and 1 nil wins.
The Europeans are having mixed fortunes. As I said the Germans are flying high, the Dutch were under whelming in the victory over the Danes, Slovenia and Slovakia played out arguably two of the most boring games in World Cup history against weak opposition, while France, Italy and England were quite honestly rubbish.
So why has the biggest showcase of footballing talent in the world been so dire? Well, according to most it's because of the roundness of the balls and the noise of the infamous vuvuzelas. Funnily enough, problems that could be sorted out in a Sunday League match are hampering the quality of one of the world's greatest events. So Fifa, here's an idea - Change the ball and tell everybody to SHUT UP! Problem solved!
