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[bubosquared]

So I overslept this morning, meaning I was on the train for most of the time Belgium was playing Russia. We had to win to go on to the next round. When I was buying newspaper before getting on the train, the owner of the shop was listening to the radio.

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!

Hugging and cuddling and wheeeee

Comments

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

did you SEE that fourth goal that Brazil got?? *dies* that was fecking AWESOME.

and congrats on Belgium getting through!

...I'm remembering why my family spent half a vacation in australia watching the world cup.

must not get sucked back into soccer... mustn't... EEP