What will we do with ourselves when the World Cup is over and we're not watching soccer every other day or so?
Oh, the Nagoya Basho starts today. I guess we'll watch sumo.
Today's French soccer commentary, on the Germany vs. Portugal match for third place, was again about soccer. I almost thought these announcers were going to come through with the sports commentary that has nothing to do with sports. At the beginning of the match, one of the guys was expounding on his theory of soccer performance, "It's all about the hair!" (I'm not making this up.) Then something interesting happened on the field and they started talking about the match instead. During a lull in the action, the announcers began to talk about tomorrow's match, that being the only one that matters, and what color jerseys would the French team get to wear. (Again, not making this up.)
Both France and Italy have blue home jerseys, and obviously one of the teams will have to wear an away jersey. Although having all the players out there in blue would add a certain element of chaos to the play … and the refereeing.
The French announcers often refer to the French team as Les Bleus (The Blues). Unsurprisingly, they came down strongly in favor of having the French team wear their blue jerseys. "It's only right that The Blues should wear blue!"
Will the French turn out in blue? We'll find out tomorrow at 2:00.
Also, the Germany vs. Portugal match was really good. Germany won, scoring some lovely goals.
262 words | July 8, 2006 09:43 PM | Real true story