From politics to sport.
Fifa said to forget the politics and focus on the football.
I don't really care about the politics so did exactly that.
Now that we are entering the last matches of the round of 16 we can look back and realize that it's been a great world cup in terms of the football itself.
Brazil are being sexy, france are on fire. England are hanging in there. There were a few surprizes that got out of the groups but we are seeing them fall one by one in the last round.
Now we are getting to the good stuff.
The big boys going head to head.
England V France.
Netherlands V Argentina
Brazil V Croatia
Then Maybe Portugal V Morocco??? TBD
These are the matches that we have been waiting for. No offence to teams like Japan that gave it everything and give their best effort but it's the the big names that bring the excitment.
Mbappe, Neymar, Kane, Messi ect...
The group stages were good though.
A lot of people said that a winter world cup wouldn't work and while the time and location has killed the atmospere compared to other editions.
The games themselves have been the best that i can remember.
The timing for me is great as the evenings are short and we are inside watching tv anyway. This is a much better option than love island.
The GAA is over for the year, The champions league is normayy on a winter break and the international rubgy is over until february. It's actually great to have matches on every day.
It's mainly the fans that are impacted. An expensive country that you need to be very careful in. With no beer and no craic.
That is the biggest letdown of an otherwise very interesting world cup.
The best part has been the upsets in the group stages.
Smaller teams with no fear of the big boys.
Asian and arab coutries that attacked the traditional teams and made things very uncomfortable for them.
It's been exciting with lots more to come. I'm still thinking that France ar eth ebest team in it and with the way that Brazil are improving it could be those two in the final which would make for a great spectacle.