I was not a soccer fan at all until this year's World Cup started. I never watch it, talk about it, or even think about soccer. For reasons still unknown to me, I turned the channel to the World Cup one day while watching television. I always thought soccer matches were way too long and drawn out, and the goal scoring way too infrequent for my taste. But, as I watched it I started to appreciate how hard soccer must be on that kind of level and how skilled the players are. It occurred to me that the difficulty of soccer was the reason for the low point scores.
I began to realize why the World Cup is such a huge event all around the world. Having your country represented in a tournament of the most talented teams in the most difficult game around is something to behold! The fact that one event can bring together all kinds of people from every continent to one place for a game is something that seems so special to me. This World Cup has given me a new perspective on soccer and the rest of the world. I am now very excited to see how this World Cup will play out and I have an appreciation for soccer I would not have otherwise from watching it.
That's amazing to find something so wonderful just by looking at the world cup, it is very interesting that you realized how much you like the sport after critizing it and prejudging it.
ReplyDeleteVery good Comments.As a soccer fan, I have very appreciated the attitudes that you have after having take a closer look to this sport that you didn't really know. This world cup particularly, has give an other dimension to the vision that people here in the united states had related to soccer. Two weeks ago, I was getting an hair cut in babershop, while everybody in there were watching the game ghana against uruguay. You could see many people analyzing, giving comments about a game of a sport they didn't know before. Everybody was agreed with the fact that soccer has taken a greater importance due to this world cup and we shouldn't be surprised if the U.S. become a great nation of soccer in the next ten years.
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