My Dear Great Ones,
World Cup fever has hit Hong Kong. Restaurants and bars all over the territory are offering "World Cup Specials." Even the young kids at my school are acutely aware of what is going on and many have asked who I am cheering for. Germany of course. They are due. We shall see. Last time I checked Canada was ranked 111 in the World, behind Equatorial Guinea, and were disqualified from World Cup contention about two years ago. So sad. However, Canada produces good hockey players and they have the gold medals to verify this. Only thing is, 98% of the World does not care, due to their love and attachment to soccer.
This year the World Cup is in Brazil , which makes watching the games in HK rather terrible due to the time difference. Games are on at 1:00 am, 3:00 am, 6:00 am. It is truly the worst possible times to watch a game. Nevertheless there are establishments here in HK offering live World Cup action on their TV screens. I like soccer, but I am sleeping and catching the highlights later.
Outside of the Harbour Mall (in Kowloon), near the star ferry line, stylish statues of some World Cup stars were set up. Most of them are strikers. Strikers are players who have a talent for scoring goals. They play way up front in their team's formation.(Think Wayne Gretzky) Behind the strikers are the midfielders, followed by the defenders, and then the last line of defence is the goalkeeper. Since strikers score most of the goals in a soccer match they get more publicity and fame then a defender. They also generally make boatloads more money than their teammates. Take the test and see if you can match the name with the statue. Answers are below.
Who are they:
Statue A. Is it: Tim Howard, David Luis, Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery, Wayne Rooney,
Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta
World Cup fever has hit Hong Kong. Restaurants and bars all over the territory are offering "World Cup Specials." Even the young kids at my school are acutely aware of what is going on and many have asked who I am cheering for. Germany of course. They are due. We shall see. Last time I checked Canada was ranked 111 in the World, behind Equatorial Guinea, and were disqualified from World Cup contention about two years ago. So sad. However, Canada produces good hockey players and they have the gold medals to verify this. Only thing is, 98% of the World does not care, due to their love and attachment to soccer.
This year the World Cup is in Brazil , which makes watching the games in HK rather terrible due to the time difference. Games are on at 1:00 am, 3:00 am, 6:00 am. It is truly the worst possible times to watch a game. Nevertheless there are establishments here in HK offering live World Cup action on their TV screens. I like soccer, but I am sleeping and catching the highlights later.
Outside of the Harbour Mall (in Kowloon), near the star ferry line, stylish statues of some World Cup stars were set up. Most of them are strikers. Strikers are players who have a talent for scoring goals. They play way up front in their team's formation.(Think Wayne Gretzky) Behind the strikers are the midfielders, followed by the defenders, and then the last line of defence is the goalkeeper. Since strikers score most of the goals in a soccer match they get more publicity and fame then a defender. They also generally make boatloads more money than their teammates. Take the test and see if you can match the name with the statue. Answers are below.
Who are they:
Statue A. Is it: Tim Howard, David Luis, Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery, Wayne Rooney,
Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta
Statue B. Is it: Tim Howard, David Luis, Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery, Wayne Rooney,
Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta
Statue C. Is it: Tim Howard, David Luis, Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery, Wayne Rooney,
Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta
Statue D. Is it: Tim Howard, David Luis, Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery, Wayne Rooney,
Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta
Statue E. Is it: Tim Howard, David Luis, Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery, Wayne Rooney,
Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta
Statue F. Is it: Tim Howard, David Luis, Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery, Wayne Rooney,
Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta
Statue G. Is it: Tim Howard, David Luis, Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery, Wayne Rooney,
Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta
Statue H. Is it: Tim Howard, David Luis, Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery, Wayne Rooney,
Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta
Answers:
Statue A. Cristiano Ronaldo- plays for Real Madrid and Portugal. A great striker.
Statue B. Wayne Rooney- plays for Manchester United and England. A chubby striker.
Statue C. David Luis-plays for Chelsea (London) and Brazil. A great defender.
Statue D. Andres Iniesta- plays for Barcelona and Spain. A great mid-fielder.
Statue E. Tim Howard- plays for Everton (England) and United States. A great goalkeeper.
Statue F. Zlatan Ibrahimovic-plays for Paris St. Germain and Swedan. Immigrated to Sweden from Bosnia with his parents at a young age.
Statue G Franck Ribery- plays for Bayern Munich and France. A very good striker.
Statue H. Neymar- plays for Barcelona and Brazil. A great striker.
Have a great week everyone and go Deutschland!
Love adios and ping on!
Dirk
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