One more last bit of Futbol.

Well, its been a whole month of soccer mania. There have been bets (I won and lost some), game analysis and alot of "I can't believe he did that!, I could do better than that! *&%^$@" . Of course I'm talking about the world cup. If you've had enough then you can stop reading now, if you're having the post world cup blues because there are no games to look forward to there is good news; In just a few short weeks the European seasons will start up again and you can start yelling, jumping up and down and swearing all over again.

Bolivia ranks about the same in FIFA standings as Canada and did not make the World cup in South Africa but that did not dampen the spirit. There was an office pool here at ANED. No one won in the first round. ^@!#* I did win chocolate when I bet on one game (much more important). After the quarter finals the steam went out of the country when Brazil and Argentina were eliminated. As the South American favorites these were the two teams that most people were cheering for. Even though Uruguay was still in the running it was more of a spectator sport as July came around.

Despite not having a team from the continent in the final, the centre was packed on Sunday afternoon to watch Spain and the Netherlands battle it out. Everyone stayed for extra time and the partisan Latin crowd cheered when Iniesta scored the winning goal. So now lets look forward to 2014 in Brazil when the samba boys will hopefully have a better showing and England can regroup and show everyone their true ability.