TheHomoSapien

Now now, we are not here to discover whether Britain's Prince Harry dived in a swimming pool. I'm sure he must have done it. We are here to discuss whether England's fortuitous penalty win over Colombia should have instead led to another roll-your-eyes-it-could-only-happen-to-England loss. Again. England and Colombia are great teams with a vast abundance of talents. So this game was set to be a cracker. You knew the Colombians were going to play rough. And normally speaking if it was Neymar or Dele Alli who won the penalty, it would have looked like a dive. But Harry goodie-goodie Kane diving. Hmmm. Truth be told this world cup is one hell of a crazy tournament. Favourites flew home faster than you could say 'World Cup'. Both of the top players in the world missed penalties as well a few underlings in the Denmark-Croatia game. The thrilling matches have been few and far between. Russia is actually in the quarterfinals. VAR is becoming a very annoying resour...

This world cup has been the most screwed up world cup. At least for me, it seems even more screwed up than some of Kanye's new songs. Germany are out at the group stage. The last time they did that, World War 2 happened. Argentina and Portugal are out as well, making (99%) sure that Ronaldo and Messi are not destined to win football's biggest prize. Kinda feel sad for them. I mean can you imagine if Messi and Ronaldo had a vast supporting cast like France or Brazil. Normally I would include Spain in this pantheon of lists as well, but then with Vady and Russia celebrating... . Heaven forbid if Vady ever read this, but Russia was the ultimate purveyors of Mourinho sit back-relax-and- DEFEND. Apart from scoring from a somewhat harsh penalty, that's what Russo did. And Vady was grinning like one proud father. Normally speaking Spain should and probably would have known that Russia would park something. Not a bus, not a truck but one giant train. And that would be okay. ...

It seems funny considering that Argentina possibly pulled off the great escape, only for the world media to intensely focus on Messi actually giving the team a pep talk. After all, Messi is the captain, but team talks were never his speciality. I read an article on ESPN stating that 'Ronaldo, not Messi, is closer to Maradona'. In that article it stated on how Ronaldo craved the attention of his teammates and would say 'don't worry guys, I got this', but Messi due to his introvert nature would say 'Hey don't look at me.' Looks like Messi read that article as well. And Argentina won. It wasn't a blow away win, they literally scraped through to the last 16. But they did it, and I'm happy. I mean not that super Maradona-gets-heart-attack-style-happy, but happy. They now face France. While normally speaking neither France nor Argentina would want to face another 'top team' so early,  neither of them are any close to being a 'top team...

If you have a Bentley, there is a general consensus that you are a rich person. Most people can't afford to buy a house and pay their mortgage, but there you are driving in your all-new Bentley, purring through the roads, cocooned in your veritable carbon fibre cage of leather, and enough wood to replant the Amazon and still have a few left. You see a Rolls, and you are like, gah, I wish I had that, but your Bentley ain't too bad. Then a Pagani passes by, followed by a Koenigsegg, and then several other supercars whose name you find it supremely difficult to pronounce. They are all looking at you like who is the underling. You start slouching in your seat, your gold-digger girlfriend, or boyfriend, starts looking at you with a little bit of shame and disgust. And you question yourself, ' Have I failed in life?' Yes, you have. Cuz even though a Bentley is a status symbol, it is definitely nowhere close to the likes of these wonderful cars. My personal favourites, it i...

Now if you Neymar fans read my previous article ( Why I Still Support Argentina), you would say 'He is a Messi fan, of course, he won't support Neymar.', let me make this very clear. Neymar is my second most favourite player in the world. After Messi of course. I'm a huge Barcelona fan, and I love the way Neymar plays. His deep jinking runs, his ridiculous jaw-dropping array of skills. Except for his new Maggi hairstyle, Neymar is a player who I admire. A Barca fan can never forget when the MSN ( Messi, Suarez, Neymar in case you lived under a cave with peanut butter in your ears), thrashed other teams, great teams, to win the treble. The trio had scored 120 + goals that season. Their collective stats make Mo Salah look like a second-tier player. So why doesn't Neymar deserve FIFA's top individual honour? Cuz he's a serial diver, you doofus. He dived when playing for Barcelona as well, but at least the dives looked a little like a foul. Many player'...

You really have to wonder how far Argentina has fallen since 2016. That year they made it to the Copa America finals. I remember reading a news article on how Messi hoped to be 'third time lucky'. They had lost the 2014 World Cup finals. Lost to Chile in the 2015 Copa America. The expectation was high. They had beaten Chile on the way to the finals. But in the finals, against Chile, they screwed up. That was the first time I saw Messi win the Miss Penalty award in the finals. Turns out 'third time's the charm' was really never going to work out. But now with their Group Stage exit looming, Argentina need to be 'third time lucky' and hope Iceland or Nigeria decide to pack their bags a little early. A mini miracle is what they need. They need Iceland to lose to Croatia, and they themselves have to beat Nigeria. Why call this a mini-miracle? Because Iceland could probably lose to Croatia, but worryingly Argentina may not be able to beat the Africans. So bad...

My analysis might be too premature, but forgive me for saying this...all the favourites have started miserably for their world cup campaigns. Spain drew with an inspired Cristiano and a Karius De Gea. Argentina drew against Iceland where Lionel Messi won the Miss Penalty beauty pageant. Again. So-called top favourite Brazil drew against Switzerland. Perhaps Neymar wanted access to free chocolates. And worst of all Germany lost to salsa..I mean Mexico. France did beat Australia but they barely scraped by due to some poor Aussie finishing. And talking about finishing Mexico could have absolutely destroyed Germany. But poor Mexican finishing, like visa, or immigration, let them down. They still got 3 points. Which is a lot better than the rest of the favourites barring the 'Baguette Army'. Mexico was absolutely terrifying their mighty opposition. Apart from one Werner chance, Mexico was amazing. They were playing smooth exquisite football, the likes you expect to see from Arg...