Aaand...It's Over :(

Ah, well. Long time no see :) Let's just say I've been busy with the world cup, watching up to three matches a day can be pretty hectic.

Anyway, everybody knows how everything unfolded, who had the last laugh, and who perhaps deserved a little more etc. etc. The cup in itself wasn't without its talking points however, what with people cursing FIFA, the vuvus and sea creatures, we had enough action off the field to supplement whatever was missing on it.

Teams disappointed, and quite a few of them at that too, where'd they miss out?

France:

• Domenech. Proposed to his fiance after the Euro debacle, after this expected to go to the Middle East and marry half a dozen times.
• Henry. Learnt an important fact. You don't win the cup with your hands, not unless you're Maradona.
• Play Anelka, Gallas and Henry in the first team. "You must be stupid, stupid, stupid."-The Rainmaker.

Argentina:

• Unfortunately for Maradona, his team was just a bunch of 11 straight guys.
• Considering how quick they wanted to get back home to their girlfriends, make that '11 straight guys with super hot girlfriends'.

Nigeria

• Not much to say is there? They aren't going to play any international football for two years, which is going to affect their qualification for the next WC. A vicious circle really.

England:

• Yawn. Did well to qualify :P
• Interesting FB update, "Apparently Wayne Rooney's broken David Blaine's record of spending 42 hours enclosed in a box, doing nothing."

USA:

• I maintain, what they should do is offer citizenship to better players from around the globe. (eg. Pretty sure Drogba'd have accepted for one.)
• For the record, they did win the cup, in their computer simulations, beating arch rivals England 7-5 on penalties after a 15-15 draw.

Serbia:

• Another case of everybody wanting to play Goalkeeper. You do not touch the ball with your hands, you morons!

Cameroon

• Indomitable? Nah. Lions? Nah. Pathetic? ...

Italy

• Average age among the oldest in the competetion. Wives have been heard to say, 'Aao, Moov laga doon...' after fixtures.
• Sad, that I've always had a soft spot for the Azzurri, dunno maybe they should've brought Del Piero? Though that would increase the average age further by about 9 months...

Brazil

• An awful world cup for the Selecao. If this was cricket, Kaka would go back and open a Dhaba and call it..Nah, I'll let this pass.
• 'I find your lack of flair disturbing'- Lord Vader.

Ivory Coast

• Players received lots of calls after they wore skin tights in their opening fixture, sad that they could concentrate on the game no longer.
• Sven Goran Eriksson, now now, who in their right mind hires him? See what he did to England!

Portugal

• Cristiano Ronaldo, If only he could put his tricks to good use, like Zidane did, but then he's always been too busy showing off, so not really a disappointment eh?
• Discovered that he's fathered a child after the WC, well, we all go through bad phases :P

Chile

• Tough to mention them without using any puns ;), let's just say they didn't really set things on fire against far weaker opposition in their group.

Switzerland

• What's awesome and has holes? Swiss Cheese. What's not so awesome and has holes? The Swiss defence..
• The Swiss are magnanimous people, they make good cheese, manufacture uber cool watches, stash people's money away, and sacrifice sure shot qualification to let others qualify.

That's the lot, isn't it? A feeling of sadness and despair engulfs me as the fact that South Africa 2010's over finally sinks in. Two long years to Poland-Ukraine....