Surprises in the World Cup

I am hoping for a World Cup full of surprises. We already have one or two surprises. England did not win the game against USA, which was unexpected as England is typically the better team. The goal that America made was a fortunate goal, not a beautiful goal like England made. The next surprise was Japan (Nippon) WINNING in their game against Cameroon. This was not expected and what the commentators said to be "the biggest upset of the World Cup so far". Not a big upset for me :) :) I am glad for Japan. I do not know how far they will go but they do have 3 points and so lets just hope they do well by either equalizing or winning their next games. :) I hope that either an underdog gets up there or a good team but not the expected top team be in the championship. I am thinking Portugal would be a great surprise. If it does have to be a top team I am hoping Brazil or Germany. I am hoping that Italy vs. Paraguay stays equalized, so that does not give Italy a lot of points but just one point. If Italy wins this World Cup they would be equal in Championships with Brazil and I do not want that to happen. Of course this is my opinion. I do love watching the World Cup!! Let's see what other surprises come about in this 2010 World Cup in South Africa! :) I am anticipating Switzerland vs. Spain. I will be wearing my Swiss shirt and cheering crazy. I hope this is a surprise with Switzerland doing well.

World Cup 2010 Anticipation and Preparation!!

The anticipation for the World Cup 2010 has me putting into my phone calendar the days and times of the games I want to watch! I wonder how this World Cup will turn out. My experience of the world cups in the past, it is a bunch of roller coaster rides with the teams one cheers for, but yet it is worth following the teams you cheer for. I do not have just one team I am cheering for. I have one I would like to win, but seeing how some valuable players are injured, I am doubting the possibility. I am hoping that I do not get extremely upset over the outcomes of games when they are not going the way I hoped. I get really competitive and involved in whatever game I watch. I have to watch myself. Oh I am looking forward to some AMAZING goals!!! And goal saves!!! One thing I have noticed about the World Cup is that the really good players that everyone knows about tend to have two or three opponents on them and so you do not see the amazing football moves they are known for. It can be frustrating but then there are also good moments. Altogether a great experience. The time zone is not as crazy as last time. Four years ago I was in Japan and we would wake up at 4 to watch a game if we had to. My family is pretty dedicated to this. I am more then the rest of my family. I remember when I was in younger elementary grade, my parents would wake us all up at 4 in the morning and have us watch the World Cup championship. I know it was Brazil in the Championship and that was one of the years that they won!! We were happy! I remember that time still. Lets just say we love football (Real Football)(What America calls Soccer). Well I will probably be writing more on this as the journey of World Cup 2010 progresses (or regresses depending on what teams end up on top).