The World Cup

The FIFA World Cup in football has started. It takes place in South Africa, the country where one of the languages spoken has lent us our kennel prefix.

We saw the game between Uruguay and France, and hoped for the gold medalists of 1930 and 1950 over those of 1998. That is, we hoped for the South Americans over the Europeans. Paula almost always does, since she was born in Colombia in South America, thus we do too. Unfortunately, Uruguay never scored a goal. France did not either, so Uruguay got one point, but we would rather have seen an Uruguay victory. It was an exciting game, despite the lack of goals.

We all agree that, if all else is alike, it is a better game if there are more goals scored. Sometimes, I believe it is too hard to score a goal in football. Games are tied too often, and there are seldom many goals at all. On the other hand, you cannot change the rules too much to allow for more goals, because then it would not be the same sport any more.