Movements in the World and in the Mind
While spending some time with my friend Alice and her family in the Hague I joined them to watch a live match of the local Eredivisie football club. Eredivisie means Premier Division and is the Dutch equivalent of the British Premier League. The local club is ADO, which throughout recent history has been known for... Continue Reading →
In the quarter final against Costa Rica, the Boys of Orange failed to score during regular time, for which Costa Rica's very solid defence deserves every credit, taking the match into extra time and penalties. Coach Louis van Gaal made the unusual move to substitute goalie Cillessen for Krul seconds before the end of extra... Continue Reading →
And so the magic continues in the Land of Samba. We are a week into the tournament and I am suffering from a serious case of football fever. All I do is watch matches, previews, analyses, highlights and I read what other word-slingers have to say about it all in the papers. This is, besides... Continue Reading →
Well, well, well, well, well, who on earth saw that coming? A relatively young squad was taking on the titans called the Spanish National team, who won from Holland in a messy World Cup final in 2010 and are European Champions of 2008 and 2012. Del Bosque’s team had been on a winning streak for... Continue Reading →
As a nervous wreck I had set myself on front row again in my 'second living room' in Kafr Abdu. I had done some packing in the morning and was hoping to spectate the match of matches; the quarter final Holland- Brazil. I knew the sentiments back in Lowlands Country were upbeat but I... Continue Reading →
And there I was in my 'second living' room in the nicest cafe in Kafr Abdu with the best sheesha in town, planted in front of the telly hoping for some top entertainment and another victory for the Boys of Orange. I got rather disappointed. Yes we won, and Sneijder's goal was pretty awesome, but... Continue Reading →
For weeks – if not months- there has been a lot of excitement about the World Cup in South Africa. On foreign television (news) channels and among foreigners that is. Although it is a big deal that the World Cup is held on African soil, Egypt is not competing and seems therefore not... Continue Reading →
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