World Cup Winners and Losers/C's New Article

 

Since I last wrote my post, England won their next match in spectacular fashion...and USA lost theirs in an equally spectacular way. As good as the English victory was to celebrate, the USA match was one that we should all forget. It was dismal. By the way, I cannot help but feel for the teams who have played extremely well and end up losing anyway.  I mean, it truly looks heartbreaking.  I am reminded of one of my favorite Peanuts comic strips.  Let's see if I can share it with you here....

"How did the other team feel?" 

That is what Charlie Brown says to Linus after Linus is so excited over his team winning a football game.  (Just in case you can't see the cartoon.)

I also wrote about the joy of the English fans at the Atlanta Braves baseball game and how much fun they had with the outfielder, Michael Harris. Our son wrote about the very same thing in his piece for "The Last Word on Sports"! You may read it just here  and I truly hope you will click on that and read it! It is so well written!

By the way, when I said that the USA match was dismal, I am reminded that Chris Evert is not a commentator at Wimbledon this year. She is going through some cancer treatments, I believe.  I really like her.  What made me think of her in regard to the USA being bad, is that I loved it when she was speaking at Wimbledon and after a particularly unusual show of poor tennis play, she would say, "Well, that was just awful".  Not in a mean way, just an honest observation-simple and to the point. Love that! 

If England wins their next match against Norway, they will play July 15th in Atlanta against either Argentina or Switzerland. (I believe that is correct.) You know who I am rooting for! England last won the World Cup in 1966. Yes, that is correct! A lot of their football shirts have that 66 embossed upon them. Here is a photo of Christopher (our son) and you can see the 66 on there!

I think the English sports commentators are very good, by the way! Some of their statements are so clever and funny. I was watching a match years ago and I actually wrote two quotes down. (Yes, I collect things like that to make me chuckle.)  "50 years of hurt is about to be extended".  This was when the match was hopelessly lost and for whatever series that was for, it was obviously the 50th year since they had won it!  And this: "It's as if everyone in a white shirt has decided to have the worst England game of their lives - all at the same time". 

There, I hope I have not jinxed that great England team by sharing these quotes with you.  I sincerely wish them the best and hope that 2026 will be coupled now with 1966 with England being World Cup Champions! 

The English fans sing "Wonderwall" by Oasis after they win. I hope they will keep singing this song!  If you want to sing along with them, I have the song here along with the lyrics.