Having to play the host nation, Brazil, is probably a rather daunting thought, but I am sure the Mexican team will give it their best try. I liked the funny wrestling masks some of their supporters were sporting in their match against Cameroon, but I wonder if they will be quite so cheerful this time……
Belgium is one of the most overlooked countries in Europe: despite its glorious cities and famous writers (Tintin’s Herge or Georges Simenon, the creator of Jules Maigret), most people simply know it as the geographical home of the European Parliament, and in the UK that’s not really seen as a Good Thing. The most important…
Just as the Inuit apparently have hundreds of different expressions for ‘snow’, the German language has countless metaphors steeped in sausages. Not literally, obviously. Thus if you are recycling, or even upcycling, anything, you are ‘using it for sausages’, ‘verwursten‘. Often this suggests a bit of a botched job (after all, it’s mostly offcuts and the bits…
The most exciting thing about the U.S. team is its coach: Jürgen Klinsman, the former German national coach, who played for Tottenham and Stuttgart and hails from a small town near where I grew up. Klinsi is the perfect representative of my region in that he embodies the pragmatism we are known for: despite working as a professional footballer for…
After the disappointment of Spain, I am not sure as to what to say about France. In recent competitions the bleus have lived up to their English translation, the Blues, by looking a bit sad and forlorn. I have to say I have had a soft spot for them since I saw them play Brazil in Mexico in 1986 –…
I don’t know much about Ecuador, neither the football team nor the food. All I could come up with is the painter Oswaldo Guayasamin, whose paintings of indigenous people mirror the pain they are suffering in their everyday lives. The issue of the rights for indigenous people has been simmering away across the continent: the…
Colombia is one of the favourites of this World Cup – not only because they are a strong team, ranked 8th in FIFA’s world ranking, but also because they are in a what can only be called a relatively easy group. Their star player, Radamel Falcao, one of the best strikers in the world according…
Tonight is England’s first appearance at this world cup, and like always it is accompanied here in England with a mix of defiant optimism and hysteria. We could do it, is the message, as long as we don’t get to a penalty shoot out or have to play Germany. In their defence they can leave…
To be honest, the Socceroos haven’t got a chance in hell. Not only are they the lowest ranked team in the world cup – at 59 – they are also in the toughest group with Spain, Holland and Chile. I wouldn’t be surprised if they arrived with hand luggage only. It’s a shame, though, as…
Chile’s bid for the world cup is only slightly less hopeless than Australia’s: although they had an excellent run up, the fact that they will have to get past the reigning world champion, Spain, and the runner up of the last world cup, Holland, makes you despair. Nevertheless they are often cited as one of…
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