World Cup Fever

1994 USA Primary 6 the year the fire was ignited in me... The days of Gheorge Hagi for Romania(scored a hattrick i think), Hristo Stoichkov and Oleg Salenko winning the Golden Boot.. and boy was i mesmerized by divine ponytail roberto baggio.. my 1st soccer idol.. prob why i decided to support italy.. lemme recall.. oh yes.. romario n bebeto and his baby cradle celebration.. these 2 menaces and also got the escobar incident .. this columbian player who was murdered after scoring an own goal... but wat heartbreak it was when roberto baggio skied the penalty in the finals.. his goals had kept italy en route to the final and ironic that it was him that blew their chances literally..

1998 france 98.. zidane double header.. an easy 3-0 win.. ronaldo had rumored fits but still played the game.. the days of ronaldo, beckham being sent off... who was that argentine who pissed him off again.. mmm owen getting the limelight after his wonder goal.. dennis bergkamp dazzling...

2002 korea-japan .. finally soccer at watchable timings!! cos in asia!! wat controversy.. south korea's unbelievable entry into the semis.. losing to turkey in3rd/4th.. i still can rmb the hurt when ahn jung hwan destoryed italy hopes.. all maldini's fault.. then they went on to defeat spain.. who had 2 disallowed goals.. morientes i think... and poor portugal was stunned by usa who had a good run then.. landon donovan and mcbeasly.. poor figo and rui costa and company were realli let down as korea managed to upset them.. germany was rampant then wif their 1 0 victories and kahn superb perfomance.. they were so reliant on ballacktheman.. while france suffered a disappointing outing too wif a half fit zidane.. the famous senegal win that propelled diao diuof and diop.. and thier 2: 2 draw wif denmark ruled them out... i rem got ebbe sand who scored.. then in the final was ger-bra.. obviously ronaldo n co had an easy win.. i rmb watching this match in alvin's house.. ahhhhh last match also lose..

and now 2006.. my predictions? I dun like to follow majority but it seems that Brazil realli has a great chance.. look at its squad.. and i realli admire KAKA.. not to mention the Rs .. imba la .. but my 2nd choice would be Argentina.. my heart would tell me to root for italy.. but they are invovled in too much stuff now.. wif all tat betting scandals.. i juz hope they will remain united! Hope totti can find form.. and pirlo long balls find luca toni.. and my dear juve players pls remain strong!! Moggi wun abandon u! pls dun go seria A and if ksy sees this.. if their stock realli low .. pls buy cheap italy n juve jerseys for me in rome.. other dark horseS? france is overhyped ..like real madrid.. have the talented players but not playing like a team.. england.. all that rooney mania is driving me mad.. juz get on wif it.. ur team is full of talent.. gerrard is an able replacement la.. n i m dying to see how good theo walcott is.. siao siao erikson any how lub him in the squad.. the african sides are all unknown factors and could really surprise n upset the normal teams.. but in the end class will decide the gulf.. spain .. another team not playing well despite having talent.. i cant believe vicente is not inside.. but still got xavi.. n hopefully raul will achieve his past form.. asian sides all sure out 1st round la.. no more miracle.. maybe aussie will cause some upsets wif miracle guus hiddink at the helm .. oh yar holland.. again underachievers.. total football again? hopefully robben and ruud can make it.. and of cos hosts germany.. watch schweinstieger and ballack make up for the lack of quality in the strikers.. if they get past tat, they have a chance.. and oh i must mention how i like swedish strikeforce zlatan and henrik.. tats all i can muster for the moment..

THE FLOODGATES HAVE OPENED.. LET THE FEVER ENVELOPE U...