World Cup

[Edwina's Secretary]

Friends of mine just returned after spending two weeks in Germany...just to be there during the World Cup. They were so pleased with how welcoming everyone was there!

[Kirsten]

Friends of mine just returned after spending two weeks in Germany...just to be there during the World Cup. They were so pleased with how welcoming everyone was there!

Oh, that is cool! Do you know where they've been? Or did they travel the entire country and visited all the World Cup cities with these huge fan areas?

Kirsten

[Edwina's Secretary]

Mostly they stayed in Aachen....as that is where they could get a house swap. But they went all around....Berlin, Munich...

[Kirsten]

That sounds nice! Bet they took tons of pictures! Did they see any of the matches also?

Kirsten

[RICHARD]

As it stands Zidane ticked off because he was taunted....I could see him getting riled....we probably will never know what was said but the US media has had a field day with the story.

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The Univision/Galavision matches are way more fun to watch and listen to...


Kaka, kaka, kaka........

La Bola ya no ruede....
-te ball don't roll no more.- meaning that penalty kicks are coming up..

GGGGGOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLL GOLAZO GOLAZO GOLAZO.....AZO, AZO, AZO!!!

This was, by far,the funniest of all the calls......

The announcer truncated GOLAZO into AZO.......

Now, I am in the other room, a goal is scored and by the time i get to the tube I hear this guy yelling "AZO,AZO, AZO"

Squint your ears and tell me what that sounds like to you?

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Americans will never appreciate soccer because we are stupid and do not see the nuances of setting up a run, the play making and talent needed to play the game.


A 20 meter pass, to a striker making for the goal, depends on timing accuracy and talent.

A quarterback throwing a football makes the throw 85 percent of the time....

We just do not appreciate the difficulty of doing it with our feet.

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American football is more a coordinated war...

It is a team sport, that depends on all the players working on the same level, on the same play, at the same time....

In Futbol you can hang back and catch your breath...


There is a lot of down time but try to go p p or get a drink during a soccer game...


On of the best marketing tools that Latino broadcasters has is the "fan out of the room during a goal".

One of my favorites was a kid outside an occupied bathroom- the rest of the family is watching the game and begin to scream...the little boy starts to pound on the door yelling "GOAL"....


The door opens and adult flies out to see the replay of the "phantom goal"
and the kids gets to use the toilet....

the product?
I don't remember, but it was as funny as all get out!