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Poems tagged ‘Brazil’

World Cup day 14

Emdad Rahman

Wednesday, June 27th, 2018

Swedes and Mexico go through
Mexico 0-3 Sweden

El Tri are in shock
As the Swedes seal top
Germany are sent packing
A huge World Cup flop

Augustinsson is first
Granqvist puts Sweden in control
The Scandinavians make sure
With Alvarez’s own goal

Janne Andersson’s Sweden
Were in third place before play
Surely Mexico will announce
A Korea Republic Day

Auf Widersehen champs
South Korea 2-0 Germany

Team DFB make shockwaves
As South Korea leave it late
Their worst World Cup
Since 1938

Yes you heard that right
The champs are sent away
Whilst Mexico will surely dedicate
A South Korea day

Kim and VAR score on ninety
Then Son doubles the pain
Some of Jogi’s selections
Now look totally in Sane

Brazil march on
Serbia 0-2 Brazil

Paulinho and the boys will shine
On Brazil our family agree
No chance of a shock here
So we switch on and enjoy ITV

No ones forgotten the nineties
I wanted them to suffer a rout
With Neymar leading the charge
To be frank I’m glad they’re out

Set piece second from Thiago
Neymar’s goal record still lean
Brazil top Group E
To face Mexico in the last 16

Ticos fight back but Swiss are through
Switzerland 2-2 Costa Rica

Kendall Watson for Costa Rica
It’s their first of this World Cup
There awaits a game against Sweden
Team Nati are group runners up

Dzemaili returned the favour
Switzerland go 1-1
Ticos heads drop
Drmic looked to have it won

Bryan Ruiz with his last kick
Sort of scores the spot kick he took
Bit lucky with the rebound
Off Sommers the Gourmet cook

27 06 18

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© emdad rahman

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WC2018 Day 9 – haiku

World Cup Willie

Monday, June 25th, 2018

Costa Rica thwart
Coutinho leads the charge
Late, Late Show

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Politics abound
Kosovo flag on his boots
Shaqiri offends

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Pre-match:

Messi and complicated
all our lives can get like that
but right now
the Argentinians are reliant
on the achievements of others:
will it be the “Thunderclap” of Iceland
that sends the “Albiceleste” out to the wastelands
or will the “Super Eagles” fly to their rescue?

Post-match:

The Condors of the Andes
Have a chance to soar
All thanks to the Super Eagles
Taking to the wing

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Interesting or What?

kevin raymond

Saturday, June 23rd, 2018

A sigh of deep relief
Released on Copacabana Beach
Fills the air as Nay Ma swoops to score
Yet yer man was the proverbial mile off-side
As camera angles on the half-way line
Clearly show yet are blatantly ignored.

An earlier tantrum by the whining star
Earn him a well deserved yellow card
For shall we say a bit of a hissy fit?
Add to that his penalty shout VAR turned down
When he self wrestled in slo-mo to the ground
Made the cynic in me think…should such a hair-cut even still be on the pitch?

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On Brazil Switzerland & Nigeria haiku -WC Day 9

Crispin Thomas

Saturday, June 23rd, 2018

Brazil 2-0 Costa Rica

play-acting aside
just a glimpse of this Brazil
In those six minutes

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Serbia 1-2 Switzerland

late Shaqiri touch
Squeezes under Stojkovic
Swiss roll sweetly on

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Nigeria 2-0 Iceland

Musa repays faith
Nigeria are transformed
Messi lies in wait

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World Cup day 9

Emdad Rahman

Saturday, June 23rd, 2018

Coutinho and Neymar leave it late
Brazil 2-0 Costa Rica

In Phil Coutinho
Seleção Brasileira have an ace
The Barcelona playmaker
Runs the hard race

Costa Rica set up well
Douglas Costa came in flying
They’d shed Brazilian skin
Even had Neymar crying

And so it looked like the favourites
Had run out of breath
But Coutiinho and Neymar
Swooped to seal it at the death

Magic Musa at the double
Nigeria 2-0 Iceland

Close control and a tidy finish
In my book he’s a maestro
Exquisite touch and deft of pace
What if Musa was Latino

Gylfi Sigurdsson fluffs a penalty
Iceland never in the race
Ahmed Musa for Nigeria
With a magic second half brace

The Super Eagles super win
Leaves second spot to grab
Both teams can still do it
Even the Argies still have a stab

The Eagle has landed
Serbia 1-2 Switzerland

Mitrovic pounced
Xhaka’s howitzer was regal
The Swiss are made from sterner stuff
Behold the Albanian eagle

With the clock ticking
They looked to share the cake
But Shaqiri’s late stunner
Leaves Serbia with heartache

Kaliningrad erupts
Raw emotion in the ground
Rossocrociati in the driving seat
To reach the second round

22 06 18

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Olé Serbia Danes & Mexico haiku~WC Day 4

Crispin Thomas

Monday, June 18th, 2018

Costa Rica 0-1 Serbia

Costa Rican zest
stung by Kolorov’s sweet strike
Serbia come good

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Germany 0-Mexico 1

sleepy Germany
cannot break El Tri’s brave wall
Olé Mexico

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Coutinho aside
bold unfancied Danes dig deep
Neymar nullified

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WC2018 Day 4

World Cup Willie

Monday, June 18th, 2018

    Mexico 1-0 Germany

Germans so sluggish
Defending Champions lose
Mexico goes wild

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    Serbia 1-0 Costa Rica

Serbia press hard
Kolarov fires home free kick
Costa Rica lose

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    Brazil 1-1 Switzerland

Neymar on the mend
Brazil bright out of the traps
Swiss efficiency

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    underdog

A day of surprises
The mighty yet to woo
So one surmises
That as for the ultimate winner – we haven’t got a clue!

Defeat for Germany
Brazil and Argentina held to draws
These are not
Expected scores

So two more games
To put things right –
Or is this the year
An underdog – just might….?!?

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World Cup day 4

Emdad Rahman

Sunday, June 17th, 2018

Kolarov class the difference
Costa Rica 0-1 Serbia

Nemanja Matic is a hard man
He took on the Costa Rican bench
Over a tussle for ball retention
He received a pardon for his French

David Guzman headed over
Serbia on a tour of duty
They sure know how to cleanse
Kolarov with a left footed beauty

17 06 18

number7
© emdad rahman

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Champions face ‘Chucky’ nightmare
Germany 0-1 Mexico

The holders have been beaten
It’s the World Cup’s first shock
Mexico had more heart
That you cannot knock

Hirving Lozano the difference
That star from PSV
He had the Germans in tears
It’s normal stuff from Chucky

Last time the Germans lost a first
Was Espana 82
They got their act together
To reach that final too

17 06 18

number7
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Team Rossocrociati deny Seleção
Brazil 1-1 Switzerland

Argentina, Germany, Brazil
Have another claim to fame
For the very first time
They’ve failed to win their first game

Surely the floodgates would open
With the brilliant Coutinho
Switzerland are stern stuff
Refusing to lay down low

Much lauded for their sparkle
The five time champions pushed on
With the Swiss stifling the firepower
To draw in Rostov-on-Don

17 06 18

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WC2018 Day -1 haiku

World Cup Willie

Thursday, June 14th, 2018

history haiku

58 Sweden

Pelé boy wonder
Garrincha wing wizard
routing Swedish hosts

62 Chile

Vava, Garrincha
Earthquake stricken yet on time
Chile such cool hosts

66 England

hat-trick hero Hurst
Ramsey’s wingless wonders
home advantage

70 Mexico

Seleção success
team goal of the century
Pelé to the fore

74 Germany

Cryuff turn, Dutch courage
Brave Jack Taylor first min pen
Mueller claws it back

78 Argentina

Kempes, Ardiles
ticker tape entrances
Junta advantage

82 Spain

Rossi on rampage
Tardelli’s frenzied pash dash
Italy hat-trick

86 Mexico

Hand of God
Mexican wave unveiling
Maradona foremost

90 Italy

Gazza’s tears breaks hearts
Placido’s vocals in tune
Brehme pen success

94 USA

penalty shoot-out
Baggio blasts sky high – lands
in Hudson River

98 France

Ronaldo riddle
Starting or not? Lost the plot?
Zidane headed pair

2002 Japan & South Korea

Hosts so humble
Ronaldo redemption rules
Asiatic first

2006 Germany

Rooney red, Ron wink
Zidane floors Materazzi
bows out as loser

2010 South Africa

Sokker Africa
Vuvuzelas and sunshine
Iniesta smile

2014 Brazil

Germans score seven
vanishing foam used by refs
hosts wish they could

2018 Russia

open tournament
prediction: poised Germany
England: no-hopers

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#WC2018 generic Haiku

bright sun radiates
shorts slip on so easily
World Cup fever starts!

wise words on the web
artist alights on the pitch
ball enters the net

sun, moon, stars, align
superstars create and shine
stage set for goalfest

keeper shouts “away!”
ten discordant reactions
frenemies within

everybody
wants to believe it is in
GLT says no

screaming, arms aloft
conviction guaranteed
VAR says no

no-one on the post
quick corner creates havoc
could’ve should’ve

strolls around the park
photogenic and spreads play
darling of the paps

bench-warmer
enters the fray and scores
game changer

shirts, shorts and socks
couturiers run amok
colour by design

formation planning
blanket defence to smother
park the bus

hopes on young shoulders
unburdened by past failures
swivel, shoot, score

proud moments
representing your country
kit included

holding hands
sponsored match mascots
jail otherwise

prettiness required
catwalk stars must shine so bright
Mondial make-up

Lamps: over the line
Diego’s dirty digits
both: truisms

run up to World Cup
undefeated in friendlies
hope springs eternal

football at its best
Nation unto Nation joust
every four years

colour, passion, skill
endeavour, tacticians, rules
fifty shades of play

Form. Storm. Norm. Perform.
Goal: non-elimination
Setting high standards

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My First World Cup in ‘58

Crispin Thomas

Wednesday, June 6th, 2018

The mists of time have not erased
The moments of those summer days
The images on our TV
In black and white they transfixed me
the beauty of the game back then
when you and I were only ten
And in our playgrounds we became
Garrincha ~Pelé ~Just Fontaine
In matches we would emulate
That first World Cup in 58

No choices like we have today
You watched whatever anyway
The four home nations were all there
And England’s hopes soon disappeared
But outside in the London heat
We held our World Cup on the street
With lost or worn out tennis balls
We chalked our goal posts on the walls
The neighbours used to remonstrate
That World Cup back in 58

The shoes I wrecked the knees I grazed
The kickabouts went on for days
With crazy scorelines every time
From fifteen nil to eighteen nine
On gravel and down at the park
We’d stay out there til after dark
The Summer football that we played
Will always last and never fade
When we would run to recreate
That World Cup back in ‘58

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