Video: Brazil Defeats Ivory Coast in World Cup 2010

Hi all,

Sorry that I did not post here on Friday. As we say down here, “O negocio e o seguinte…”, which translates as “The business is the following…” Typically this expression signals the beginning of a long and involved story. Top off your beer and kick back.

I´ll keep it short and just say that my MacBook Pro died. It could be the monitor, but it might well be the mother board. [Insert joke of your choice here.] In Brazil, there aren´t many Macs or stores serving them, so I´m going to get bent over on this one, whenever I get my Mac back.

Meanwhile, I will try to limp and gimp along on my backup. Ben, I promise to get you that video as soon as I can!

Since I can´t upload my own video, you can check out this one from YouTube about Brazil´s defeat of The Ivory Coast. I wasn´t even sure before the game who Brazil would play, because all the blurbs read “BRA x CDM”. Even had I known that “CDM” stands for “Costa de Marfin”, I wouldn´t have known who Brazil was playing. But that was OK. It was sort of like when Duke plays Lower East Jesus Bible College in the first round of the NCAAs: Who?

This time I watched the game at a friend´s home. Lots of fun, with Beta´s mom continually circulating with cold beer while we watched the game on a huge home projection screen. Oh, and lots of feijoada, that tasty but deadly stew of black beans and unknown pieces of pork. (Deadly as in heavy and gas producing.)

I am not a soccer (or “football”, as you prefer) fan. Without beer, it would be insufferable. General observations:

All professional soccer players are babies. Every one of them. No exceptions. Every time they are bumped by an opposing player, they fall to the ground crying and holding their shin. But let them bump or undercut another player, no matter how intentional, and they hold their hands palms up and shrug and mug innocence and incredulence. The overacting is on a par with a Mexican novela. How refreshing it would be if once, just once, a player would man up and nod his head to admit he fouled, or not whine when the other guy makes a legitimate play for the ball. These guys need to watch a hockey game or Aussie football. Those guys are men.

And this business about the added time is silly. Why not, oh, I dunno, stop the clock when there is a substitution or other delay of the game? That way, the players, coaches, and fans could know when the game is really going to end. Coaches could strategize accordingly.

Yes, I admittedly I don´t understand the game. I´m trying. But when you only have one real solid play every 10 minutes or so, you begin to long seriously for a courtside seat in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

But here without further editorializing (almost) are highlights from yesterday´s game. And is it just me, or should that second goal have been waved off? Isn´t catching the ball with your upper arm a non-no?

When does college basketball start?

 

See you all soon – hopefully posting from my Mac. Ate mais!

John

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