...but I can finally come to terms with the devastating final score of Ghana vs Brazil last Tuesday. The Black Stars really shone on the pitch, but somehow none of their numerous but very real chances ever hit the back of the net. The team must be crying in their fufu...
Meanwhile, how can the Brazilians look any Ghanaian in the eye with that shocking second offside 'goal'? (if you ask me all the goals were offside, and the ref was extremely harsh against the Black Stars giving out yellow cards like they were confetti...)
Still, I am proud of the entertaining game that the Ghanaians delivered. Dion, Tyrell, Lewis and I watched the match in Cafe Moskau, which is near Alexanderplatz in the former East side of Berlin. Alex from the US and Kristian from Germany were with us too (...thanks for your support guys!) There must have been over 200 Ghanaians in the place, not including all those German Ghanaian supporters and the handful of Brazilian supporters (who did not dare to cheer following any of the goals). The atmosphere was electric. Anyone who wasn't wearing a Ghanaian flag style dress or top, or team football shirt must have felt positively underdressed. There was drumming, singing and dancing. In a way, it's good Ghana didn't score - the way the crowd cheered at the near chances, we may well have all lost our hearing had the Black Stars put one past the Brazilian goalie. The roof very literally may have come down.
At the end, red, yellow and green balloons were released from the ceiling, which was great and very effective - that is until Lewis lost it and screamed until we went outside. I now know that Lewis' fear of balloons is real, not imaginary!
All in all a very entertaining afternoon.
All I can say is, y'all better watch out for Ghana in South African 2010!
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