The World Cup has officially started! But what on earth has this got to do with travelling to
Firstly, I had been offered a position in
Second of all, as a guy, you tend to get pretty excited about big things. The World Cup is a big thing: 64 games, 32 teams, the best players in the world, 3 games a day… the list goes on. I have been counting down the days to the World Cup for a couple of months now. Memories of past classic encounters sailed through my mind. I needed to prepare for the World Cup by watching the top goals from previous tournaments; reading the reviews of top matches from previous tournaments and just generally remembering how much fun it was.
Similarly, I am excited about
For the big game last night we had prepared the flags in the lounge, bought in the beers and the snacks and invited some friends round. It was a dire game, void of chances and just generally lacklustre. It was quite disappointing after all the excitement – the big occasion had failed to deliver after we had given it so much hype. I will no doubt prepare equally well for
I was going to write all that last night, but as is the case with jet-lag, you tend to feel a lot better after a good nights sleep and a day of acclimatising. As was the case with the World Cup - while the games today weren't amazing, they did at least offer a glimmer of footballing hope for what is to come, and reminded me why I get excited each time it comes round. So should day 1 of America seem like a pale replication of previous adventures, I'll happily head to bed and get some sleep and rest knowing full well that jet-lag tends to pass quickly and what follows tends to be pretty awesome.
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