Bend Like Beckham

Friday night (almost 11:30 pm), I met a crowd of Korean students. They were all wearing red T-shirts and some were wearing red bandannas which would have put them in trouble with the CRIPS kuno here in Session Road. The Koreans were obviously in high spirits because a win over Switzerland would put them in the Round 16. A tie would be OK. They forgot the Frogs who scored 2-0 over Togo. That is the cushion of points France needed. Needless to say, the Koreanos were somber Saturday night at Nevada Square when they were usually rowdy, World Cup or no WC. They were instead hoarding on Korean DVDs. I felt sad for them but then some were really arrogant last week especially since the hapless Japan had an early exit. Imagine in their last game, Japan had to win over Brazil with a 3-goal margin. It turned out the other way around: Brazil 4, Japan 1. So now we have England winning over Ecuador with Beckham bending it like a crazy banana. i like Ecuador. They are like the Philippines, and had they won the assumption that national income had nothing to do with futbol would have rang true. But it's OK. I'm also glad that Portugal won over Netherlands. That was a very intense game, almost like American football. 14 yellow cards! 4 red cards!