FRANCE WINS THE 1998 WORLD CUP!!

Well, many of you may not care, but I do, and since this is my web page, I get to write about the most important sporting event since my soccer season ended last fall. Nyah nyah. Well, go get your own web page and write about stuff. Oh, back to France.

France won the 1998 World Cup, defeating Brazil 3-0 in the final, despite missing their key defender, and having a player sent off in the second half. The game was very exciting, and if you didn't watch it, you missed out. Well, you could catch the highlights on the evening news, but it's not the same. You don't get to see the work not going directly into the goals, the midfield turnovers, the corner kicks safely defended. But France takes a place among the greats in the soccer world, and deservedly so, decisively defeating Brazil, the favorites and defending champions. Well, I could go on and on about soccer, how I enjoy it, and how it really doesn't get a fair shot here in the US. But I've said that before. The only thing for me to say here is "Ha ha, I've been saying all along that France would do well, and now they are the winners!" Crap. I should have put some money on the match back before it started. Oh well. At least France won!

Anyways, my thoughts on some of the events at the 1998 World Cup:

• Germany-Croatia: This was one vicious game. Even by German standards. This was not beautiful soccer. There were more fouls in this game than I have ever seen, and most of them were pretty vicious. Croatia won 3-0.
  
• US Soccer: Well, what do you expect, they have virtually no support? Maybe we'll get better performance 8-12 years from now, when today's pee-wee players are older.
  
• The final, Brazil-France: Well, this proves that a well-rounded team can beat a team with a strong offense.
  
• The Media: Come on, what do you expect from these guys? Actually, it was pretty funny watching the American newscasts. They get a video feed from France, and then they do the commentary. Well, they must try to make it like American football on TV, because they kept trying to do things that would only work on a game that has plenty of time with no action. The The broadcasters kept trying to draw circles on the screen, saying things like 'Well, Brazil really needs to concentrate on this area in the middle,' only to have several players run through their circle and destroy whatever point they were trying to make. Sometimes, they would draw a circle on the screen, and the picture would change. They had a circle around Brazil Player Ronaldo's stomach once, saying Brazil needed to defend this area more. Once they had a circle around French Coach Aime Jaquet's nose, talking about something else. Eventually they stopped trying to draw circles on the screen, but not before giving me quite a few laughs. Spanish broadcasts are pretty funny too, because the announcers are so energetic. I can't understand a word they say, except the players' names and 'GOOOOOOOOOL.'

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