WORLD CUP 2014 COMMENCES

After all the seemingly long wait, the World Cup, BRAZIL 2014 kicked of yesterday and wow, was it a grand opening. There was arguably the most interesting opening ceremony in World Cup history through great vegetation and cultural display, nice choreography, the usual beautiful Latina chicks and an even greater performance by Pitbull and J.Lo. Hmm, J.Lo. Despite the uncertainties, the opening ceremony was a success even though the stadium is not fully completed. The performances and eventually the much awaited first game over shadowed the whole issue about the stadium not being completed on time. Now I wonder what articles in the media would have been if an African country was hosting an occasion as grand as the world cup in an uncompleted structure.#africa abr3.

That notwithstanding, what an action pack first game! The game lived up to expectation and you got to admire the support from the Brazilian fans. At a point, you couldn’t tell whether the Brazilian anthem had stopped playing or the voice of the fans had actually over shadowed the sound coming from the stadium speakers. Throughout the game, it was pretty obvious which team wanted it more. Surprisingly, the host nation conceded the first goal of the tournament and the irony here is that, the goal scorer was Brazilian. But you can’t blame Marcelo for turning the goal into his own net can you? Those kinds of crosses are quite difficult to deal with. Michael Essien, John Arne Riise, Richard Dunn and a lot of other defenders will testify to that.

Three interesting facts about World Cup 2014 so far.

1.      Brazil have scored all goals of the tournament so far. And yes, one for the opponent.

2.      Brazil earned the first yellow card of the tournament as well as,

3.      The first penalty of the tournament.

Considering the heat of the first game, one can anticipate the outcome and the engrossing nature of the rest of the matches.

I can’t wait for Ghana’s first game against the USA. #y33korsemifinals