Done

The world cup is over, well, for my country anyway. The boys played well but in the final analysis they were robed by a bad referee decision. I know I will see the replay of the “not foul” that resulted in the penalty that ended our campaign many times over the next week or so.

It was an amazing effort for the team. Firstly soccer (football) is well down the list of sports enjoyed by my country. The team started their world cup run ranked about 80th in the world. Making it to the finials was a historic sporting moment and making it to the final 16 was just unprecedented. Just a slightly better call and they may have been in the quarter finals. Such is sport.

I don’t follow soccer (even though my son plays) but I do get caught up in the drama of the world cup and obviously this series was special.

The result is only hours old and I am still feeling a bit deflated. Like everyone else I didn’t expect our boys to get this far and now that they are out I think that they could have made it much further, may be even to the semi finals. And so this is what it is like following a team in a game where low scores ensure drama.

Well done anyway guys.