We watched the last game at the "Captain's Cabin" in Saldanha and there was a very good vibe going on, lots of yellow tee shirts, some vuvuzelas and plenty of happy Bafana Bafana supporters, I didn't notice any Mexicans but maybe they were keeping a low profile!
There has been a lot of controversy over the "Vuvuzela", a noisy instrument of torture to overseas visitors and journalists but I love it, it is African and it is Africa. You have to understand that to the black Africans soccer is much more than just a game, it is almost like a religion and they are incredibly passionate about it and apparently the vuvuzela came from one of the churches where it was blown on religious occasions to chase the devil away. This may yet prove to be a benefit to us in that visiting teams are getting so pissed off by the noise that they cannot concentrate and our team will win!
Here you see me and Dick with our team shirts on, actually we were eating oysters this afternoon but we are looking forward to tonight's game against Uruguay - can we do it? The game starts shortly and South Africans all over the country and the world will be behind the team. GO BAFANA BAFANA!!! We'll talk later, after the game.
4 comments:
Awesome Andrew and you have every right to be proud - what a spectacle.
The only problem is the time difference is going to kill me, following the All Whites!
Have a wonderful tournament.
Thanks Geoff, unfortunately our team lost against Uruguay and I'm afraid there's not much chance of us beating France but the boys did well to get this far and the spirit of unity in SA is incredble, it has been very good for all of us.
Hey Dad - catching up a bit but really nice blog. I am so pleased that SA and the hosting of this World Cup is going well SA needs some good reports so the rest of the world can see it for the beautiful place that it is!
Well said my darling, I'm afraid there are so many poor ambassadors for SA, especially those who left the country and eagerly latch onto any bad publicity to justify their reasons for leaving, you see a hell of a lot of that on FB nowadays.
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