Football

I am not a huge fan of football, but I enjoy watching the World Cup. The games between the best teams in the world are exciting :) And, as we could already find out this year, they can be also very suprising!
Watching a football game in an English pub is an interesting experience. England has one of the strongest teams in the world - maybe not as good as Brazil, Spain or France, but with real chances to win or at least to get quite high. The experience becomes even more interesting when England is playing against a team that is potentially weaker and easy to win over.
Today I witnessed so much frustration and disappointment around me... and I must say, that does sound far more bitter than the frustration I used to hear in my country. Our national dreams about football are always huge, but our expectations are quite realistic - we never got far in football, at least not in the recent years. And as long as we wish we could play better and before every game we pray for luck, I guess for England not winning with the USA and with Algeria is like falling from a much higher ladder - more painful.
And I am actually relieved that I am not British, and I can observe the games with a bit calmer attitude and more objectivity :)

It seems like the only effective method for English players not to lose a goal from Algerian team was to pull their shirts or pants!