Today we headed up early to have enough time to get breakfast before the 12pm game Brazil - Ghana. I cannot explain it but I'm comletely obessed by the current World Cup. There is so much passion and energy that is rubbing off on me.
The Brazil game was - as expected - a great football party. The Brazlians are so confident, playful and superior that there was no doubt who was going to win. The Ghana team did put up a great resistance though and played very well. Big kudos!
We took off for lunch once the Brazil - Ghana game had ended. We took the normal route: Avenida Las heras via Plaza Italia to El Diamante on Malabia. They served a great sauted veggie starter with an Ojo de Bife con Papas as main course. Delish!
We knew that Bar 6 on Armenia had a 42-inch plasma screen and headed over there to enjoy the second game of the day at 4pm. Crazily enough, the place was half empty and we grabbed the big purple sofa and a glas of red wine. There are few places left in the world where you can sip on one glas of wine and watch a football game for two hours without getting kicked out. Bar 6 is one of them. Recommended.
The French win came as a bigger surprise. My bet was on the Spaniards but they only succeeded to score on a penalty. The French played fenominally. Zidane, Henry, Rivery, Vieira, Sagnol et al were brilliant. The played on par with the Spainards during the first half but then accelerated into a league of their own in the second half.
The Missus and I really need the two days break before the quarter finals are starting this weekend. There are so many things we haven't seen yet and not being tied up for 4 hrs a day in front of the TV will definitely help.
My semi finalists still stand: Brazil, Italy, England and Argentina. That said, I hope I'm wrong and that we'll get a few surprises. As long as it's not Argentina since that would bum out our friends down here. I was in Venice in 2000 at the Eurocup final between France and Italy. I've never seen anyone so bummed out as the Italians after the defeat. Venice just died.
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