I have been enjoying the World Cup that started a little over a week ago from Qatar. As usual I am rooting for Germany and a few of the other European countries (England, France, Portugal) over the South American's (Brazil, Argentina, ...) and other countries but overall I just love watching the matches and seeing all of the passion from the players and fans. I am sorry that Italy did not make it this time as their players were always fun to watch with the energy that they would have while belting out their national anthem and while on the field.
FIFA has claimed that this is not a political event however the amount of politics in this tournament (e.g. US vs Iran drama, the attempted Gay Rights initiative by a number of the European countries, ...) has been pretty promenent throughout these games.
Round 3 of the pool play starts tomorrow meaning that the 4am/7am games are now completed and all remaining games will be at 9am or 1pm CST. Hopefully the rest of the tournament will be as fun as the games that I have already watched. I will still be rooting for my favorite teams but more than anything I love to watch the best players in the world playing for their countries on the biggest stage. The goals scored in this tournament are the ones that will be mentioned in Wikipedia articles in years to come when you read about the careers of different players.
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