Boy, am I glad I was not at Ellis Park stadium today. According to the Times the match between SA and Iraq was a real ear piercer!
Despite the deafening crowd support banoona banoona (ranked 72) were unable to score a goal against Iraq (ranked 77) and the match ended in a goalless draw.
The match was attended by none other than his Royal Majesty, Jacob Zuma, who gave the boys a pep talk before the match. All very African, full of joviality and joy, but none of that made any difference. The Banoons playing as usual with no style or flair, hashing up every opportunity given to them by Iraq. The Banoons couldn't score a penalty at 5 metres with the goalie's hands tied behind his back.
0 out of 11 is 0.
Match statistics, from AFP
Shots: South Africa 11 Iraq 2
Corners: South Africa 4 Iraq 4
Possession: South Africa 52% Iraq 48%
Man of the match: Teko Modise (SA)
Despite the deafening crowd support banoona banoona (ranked 72) were unable to score a goal against Iraq (ranked 77) and the match ended in a goalless draw.
The match was attended by none other than his Royal Majesty, Jacob Zuma, who gave the boys a pep talk before the match. All very African, full of joviality and joy, but none of that made any difference. The Banoons playing as usual with no style or flair, hashing up every opportunity given to them by Iraq. The Banoons couldn't score a penalty at 5 metres with the goalie's hands tied behind his back.
0 out of 11 is 0.
Match statistics, from AFP
Shots: South Africa 11 Iraq 2
Corners: South Africa 4 Iraq 4
Possession: South Africa 52% Iraq 48%
Man of the match: Teko Modise (SA)
7 Opinion(s):
Dull is the only word to describe the game. The match on tv was worse than being at the stadium, the commentary was drowned out by the ear-splitting crescendo of noise for most of the game. Five minutes into the game I was forced to turn the volume down to zero. If Fifa had any brains they would BAN the blowing of those plastic trumpets 'VUVUZELAS'. What a load of horse shit, you have to have shit for brains to enjoy a game of footie with that ear-shattering noise. And they say it boosts the spirit. If it continues I for one will not be a tv viewer any longer. To think BBC, CBC, ESPN paid for coverage, whats the point if you can't hear a thing the commentator is saying.
why-oh-why does the world want to play sports that form an integral part of white Western culture, sports such as football, rugby, cricket? If all cultures are equal why don't other races play their own sports? Surely no one in their right mind would say that their own sports aren't as good as Western sports - that'd be stating inequality exists and that the West is superior and we can't have that, oh no. Funny how people from the West don't appear to be rushing to live the African tribal lifestyle and adopt the African tribal culture.
This is what I observed on the telly :
The pitch (lawn ? ) was in a pretty bad shape. When Zuma greeted the South African players, each of them had a kid in gear standing in front of them , Zuma patted all black kids on the shoulder - the one white and the one indian kid was not touched.( I am sure this 2 can live with this or actually prefere it this way ). What signal does this give to the boon audience ?
The South African team had one white player. Tall, fierce looking and playing guy with the name of Booth. Whenever he touched the ball the crowd went wild and a chorus of booo.. could be heard.
I do not know if this is standard fare in South African soccer but could not help to notice that this screaming sessions were not repeated when any other South African player touched the ball.
Another weird feature of this game was the fact that whenever the camera showed the goalie kicking the ball into game you could see how both teams were bunching in a relative small area in the middle of the field. This type of immature play one can usually observe in under 10 years teams.
Normally I dont watch any game longer than about 30 minutes , but this I had to watch full length . I was fascinated by the sheer inability of the RSA team to score against a team that was really mediocre. The noise of the vuvuzelas is simply mind numbing. This might be the explanation....
@WHITEADDER
they booed the white player?? I wonder if this will be reported in the media..
This is the first and last soccer game I will ever watch. I really don't get this game. 20 men runnning after a ball for 90 minutes without a score and then it gets described as an "interseting" game by the local media. I see that Sky just gave the 0-0 score on their sports report this morning, no footage shown. I had a good laugh though; one of the Bafana "stars" was running with the ball and he stumbled over his own feet and went rolling around on the ground, the ball was taken over by an Iraqi who also stumbled and fell to the ground, this was so "serious" that they brought on a stretcher to carry him off, I don't know if they actually did though because I had seen enough soccer to last me for the rest of my life and switched over to watch the Cricket. These soccer playes are a bunch of wingers and they earn far too much money. I suppose I am in the minority here but give me rugby, cricket and motorsport anyday.
Pensioner said: "..give me rugby, cricket and motorsport anyday". Hear hear - and in that order. Soccer is for sissies. Sport without an element of danger is not a sport, it is a game.
Soccer playing girls were protesting at the game that they should also be recognised by SAFA. Too right. They would probably do a better job than those limp wristed wusses Bafana Banana.
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