London or Rome?

A great World Cup has ended. We watched the final match at ULU and went to Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square afterwards. Crazy. For a moment I didn't know if I was in London or Rome. So many Italians (maybe some fake Italians too, that just wanted to party ;-)
People were celebrating with auto and or scooter parade, jumping in the fontain at Trafalgar Square and nearly took over the National Gallery. Great atmosphere. However, the one in Rome was probably still better, I guess :-)

Football Hates Me

I think I'm done with football. Germany kicked out by Italy, my sweepstake team Portugal kicked out by France. That means I am broken-hearted because of the Italians and bankrupt because of the French. That's it with watching football.

We usually play football in Regent's Park once a week, but we haven't played for a couple of weeks. Last Thursday, we played again and I stepped on the ball and twisted my ankle. Damn. My ankle looks like a tennis ball now, so that's it with playing football. Football hates me these days...

Devastated

What can I say? It was a great match, both teams played very well.
However, I am devasted now. A goal in the last minute of the extra time. Horrible. The last time I felt this way was when ManU scored twice in the additional time during the Champions Leaugue Final in 1999. I can't believe Germany is out. At least, I can spend more time on my thesis now.
However, I am really proud of this German team!

On my way home with the scooter, I was waiting in front of a red traffic light, Elisa & Ettore next to me. On the other side there was a guy on a motorbike. He asked us, if we were Italian. I told him, they are and I am German. He tapped me on the shoulder and said: "I am sorry man." :-)

Now I'll support my sweepstake team. Go Portugal, go go go!

Totally nervous

Less than two hours left until kickoff and I am already very nervous. I can't concentrate on work anymore and I am absolutely not hungry. I always feel the same way before an exam, but this time I enjoy it :-)
I hope Torsten Frings will play in the final on Sunday...

JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Ok, that's it. Actually, I can't write more to explain my feelings about the match yesterday, but I'll try. For me it was thrilling, exciting and I probably lost two years of my expectancy of life.
For people not Argentinean or German it might be a bit boring at the beginning since there weren't lots of opportunities to score. Both teams defended very well and didn't make many mistakes. You could feel the respect they had for each other. However, I was very very tense and I had to stand up, because I was too excited to sit down.
Germany didn't manage to win against a "big" team since October 2000 when Didi Hamann scored the last ever goal in the Wembley stadium and they won 1:0 against England (yeah!). Since then, a lot of draws, not to mention the terrible defeats against England (1:5) or Italy (1:4). That really hurt ;-)
After the 0:1 the team showed a great will and came back. For sure, I am not objective, but I think that the game was well-balanced. If you don't agree, feel free to leave a comment ;-)
A win in the penalty shoot-out is always a lucky one, but it's hard to beat Germany in shoot-outs. Talk to an Englishman about this fact ;-)
However, now that they won against one of the best teams in this World Cup, I am really optimistic that they can make it.