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June 12, 2006
Monday
 
 
The World Cup hots up
Brian Micklethwait (London)  Sports

Best joke of the World Cup so far. Italy versus Ghana. An Italian gets an early yellow card for a nasty tackle, treading on the guy's ankle. As Ghana's Essien hobbles to his feet and we are shown the replay, John Motson says:

Yes, that's the one FIFA want stamped out.

Not to say cracked down on.

It is now nearing half time, and although there have been no goals, it has been what they call end to end stuff. Ghana could well surprise. What have I said? Italy score! Someone called Perlo. Sorry, Pirlo. Earlier Toni nearly scored for Italy, and deserved to, slamming it against the underside of the bar with the Ghana goalie well beaten. Half time: 1-0 Italy. More goals to come surely, unless everyone gets heat exhaustion.

Earlier in the day, the first really crazy game. Japan 1-0 up over Australia with hardly any time to go, and I have to go out on an errand. Fine by me. You do not want to be sitting next to a computer (i.e. a fan heater) all day in this weather. And it must be far too hot out there in Germany for anything much to happen before the whistle. Out and about, only moments later, I hear yelling in a pub, look in, and find the Anglosphere celebrating Australia's third goal.

What will Michael say?

Next up for the Aussies: Brazil. No worries.

Comments

You don't expect any comments yet
do you?
We're still watching the replays.


Posted by RAB at June 12, 2006 11:56 PM

"You will get lynched. Probably by Brian. But go ahead and post it anyway" -- Perry de Havilland.

Seriously, it was a very good effort by the Australians. At 84 minutes I thought that they were going to find the World Cup finals too much for them, but they clearly wanted to win it badly enough to make them keep going in the heat. They will clearly fight against Brazil too, but it is a very tall order indeed.


Posted by Michael Jennings at June 13, 2006 01:23 PM

Completely OT, Christopher Hitchens is reporting success for the Support Denmark campaign.

Postscript: A note of cheer to all those Slate readers who either attended the Solidarity With Denmark rally, or sent encouragement, or rallied round to buy Danish goods. I have today received a note from one of the Copenhagen editors who published the original cartoons, informing me that in the last quarter, Danish exports to the United States have increased by 17 percent and that, overall, the Danish economy has more than compensated for the results of the unjustified Muslim boycott. Let us keep this example in mind.
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Posted by John_R at June 13, 2006 05:11 PM

That was funny, but not as good as your earlier post about dead muslims. Don't you have any pictures of dead muslims to put up that would cheer everyone up?


Posted by 1skeptic at June 13, 2006 07:18 PM
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