I am a Fan...

Finally, the soccer world cup is underway. I was planning to write something about this even before it started. But some unforseen circumstances delayed it till now...

As I had wished for, my favourite team Argentina is doing well till now. They played like a dream in there last match against Serbia and Montenegro. The commentators were searching for superlatives to describe that performance...

They made Serbia and Montenegro look like a second grade team. Let me make it clear that during the qualifiers S&M topped the group that consisted of Spain and Belgium, that too without even one defeat. Spain had to play playoffs to reach the world cup. So S&M is not a weak team. But nobody could have stopped Argentina when they are playing at such sublime level. I just hope they have not peaked a little early...

I was wondering what is it that makes me a fan of Argentina. I suddenly realized one proverb "First impression is the best impression". Then I understood why I love Argentina, Maradona, Mohanlal, Steffi Graf etc...

When I started to follow football, Argentina were the reigning world champions and Maradona was the best footballer of that time. So in Italia 1990 they were the favourites to win the cup. But they were beaten by Germany in the final. Still the newspapers and T V had made an impression in my mind...

Like wise Steffi Graf was the queen of tennis when I started following tennis, so she became my favourite.

Coming back to world cup, this is the first world cup in which I am seeing so many matches, and I am really enjoying this. I hope Argentina makes this world cup unforgettable for me...