Keeping in line with my quest to catch the Euro 2008 from various pubs across London, the Holland-Italy and Sweden-Greece matches were dutifully followed live. This achieves two purposes.
1) It sounds cooler in retrospect.
2) Since I don't have a TV at home, I don't have any other way to see it.
1) It sounds cooler in retrospect.
2) Since I don't have a TV at home, I don't have any other way to see it.
The Holland-Italy match was so good, it had to be fattening. This time for a change, I was less cheap and I actually ordered something in the pub. And also for a change, this was a highly partisan crowd I was part of. Apparently, orange wigs were outlawed at World Cup 2006 due to the fire hazard. But the way they scream "I am a Holland supporter" is rivaled only by the way being fat, loud, boorish and shorts-clad screams "I am an American tourist". If only my shocking orange Holland football shirt wasn't languishing in some closet in Bangalore, it'd have been put to good use now.
As for England's non-qualification (yes, more on that), the completely lackluster performances by Russia and Croatia have only further fueled the tabloids into a "If this is what we lost to, how pathetic must we be" spree. I can't imagine that lone figure who answers to the name Steve McLaren and is spewing his footballing wisdom in ITV radio will be having the time of his life.
Sadly now, for three consecutive days (Tuesday to today), the better game is the earlier kick-off, and I can't watch.
More as and when required.
3 comments:
Cheap guy, make posts that I can understand.
PS: "The Holland-Italy match was so good, it had to be fattening..."
Spoken like a true womaan!
What i read:
blah blah blah Orange, blah blah blah, Holland blah blah blah, fattening; Blah...
M'kay
Clearly, you both aren't the target audience.
And "Football, by the way" to both of you.
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