Me: "So what's the score?"
Him: "1-0 for us. They're doing pretty good. Scored after seven minutes"
Me: "Yay. Thanks."
And then on the train, some bloke who gets the play-by-play of the match text messaged to his cell phone announced the Russians had scored (at 52 minutes). (
They announced the 2-1 when I was on the metro (78 mins), and by the time I got into the office and got my browser open to the live report from the BBC, it was 3-1 (82 mins).
This is why I love this country: everybody follows the football. :)
Eventually, Russia scored again at 88 mins, but we won, and we're through to the eighth finals. Wooooo!
Play-by-play report of the game here.
Edit: Of course, this means we'll be playing either Turkey or Brazil in the second round. I'm hoping for Brazil, because if we play Turkey, I don't really want to be around for the riots that will probably erupt no matter who wins.
Edit 2: Look what flabbergast pointed me to! ( Squeee! )