On the other hand, I remember it was said ages ago we could discuss it once it's here, so there you are.
(Once the championship is over, we can keep discussing other football news in here.)
I'm not the most ardent football fan, I'm not interested in club football at all, and only wake up for European or World championships.
I guess I like countries playing each other, rather than local teams.
I also don't know a lot about the game, just the basic rules (but, yes, I do know what an offside is!
), and I never bother to remember things for longer than the day, I just like to comment on the games there and then.I tend to support countries I like, no matter how good the team is.
I'm particularly interested in this World Championship, of course, as it takes place here in Germany, with some of the early games even in my own city.
The mood here is very nice, everybody is pretty enthusiastic, and although no one got tickets for the games themselves, people are watching in groups in beergardens or in great crowds in front of big screens that have been put up in market places, or, as in Frankfurt, in the middle of the river.
There's lots of support for the national team and you see the German flag everywhere. Flag flying etc used to scare me, but there's a kind of unconcern about this that make me easy with it. It's much like what you see in England, with the English flags all around when the Queen has a special day or so - it's more cheerful than threatening.
The world championship is already well under way, with about half the games of the early round done.
So far, as far as I'm aware of, Germany, England, Brazil, Argentina have all passed the first round.
Argentina earlier today routed Serbia 6:0, and the Netherlands won against Ivory Coast, which was generally regretted, as the African Country had a lot of "underdog" sympathies on their side, especially after they gave a really nice game to Argentina.
The US were routed by Czechia, and I'm curious to see their next game against Italy (tomorrow, I think).
My own favourite outsider is Australia. They don't usually qualify for the World Championship, but won their first game, and are currently ahead of their group, tied with Brazil. They are playing again on Sunday, which is a bit annoying, as the Sunday games are shown on a commercial channel, which has even worse commenting than the normal ones, and they don't hesitate to show other sports instead when they think the countries aren't interesting to anyone.
As I hear from sam, Australia is very enthusiastic about the championship, it sounds as if the craze over there is comparable to what it is in this country, with football related advertising on each imaginable (and unimaginable) item.
So - is anyone here following the championship?
Is anyone interested in football at all?
If you're following the championship, what are your impressions so far, and what team(s) do you support?
If you are interested, but haven't been following yet, here's a bbc news link with all the info: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... efault.stm
I know they make a ridiculous amount of money 
Rugby fans don't go rioting. 
. If it wasn't for the fact that I get only one week with Dave this year, you know I'd do anything I could to meet you. But..one week...no one should have to deal with seeing the man they're in love with for one week out of the year. 
