Saturday, July 17, 2010

Memoir of the World Cup

Yes, the World Cup may have ended but scenes of those electrifying moments still linger within our minds every time someone mentions "football". We do have to thank South Africa for their hospitality which they have shown while hosting this exquisite game of football. Despite South Africa's high crime rate and looking at the number of rapes committed every year, South Africa did not let any get in their way in hosting the FIFA World Cup. There's no doubt whether another football fiesta should be held on that continent again. Africa have indeed showed the world what they are capable of. South Africa has always been under the opression of foreign countries. Looking back at South Africa's history, the whites have always triumphed over the blacks. Take apartheid as an example. It was a system of legal racial segregation and many blacks suffered under the rule of the whites. There was, however, a brave man who stood up for his country, Nelson Mandela, who succeeded in freeing his fellow countrymen from the clutches of the whites with the African National Congress. Back to the future, look at how the Africans were supporting teams during the tournament. From annoying vuvuzelas to painted faces, they were treating others as their own kind, even the Dutch, who were the colonialists of the Cape Town area. This has been the best World Cup I've ever watched. Even Sepp Blatter agrees, giving South Africa 9 out of 10. Now, another four years till we go to Brazil.

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