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Poems tagged ‘World Cup 2018’

World Cup day 14

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

number7
© emdad rahman

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Germany Out ! Sweden/Mexico Through haiku-WC Day 14

South Korea 2-0 Germany 0

couldn’t make it up
this World Cup defies the odds
Germany crash out

who would’ve thought it
holders blow it at the end
it’s wide open now

tough for South Korea
they produce the best result
but still head off home
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Mexico 0-3 Sweden

such emotion shown
ev’ry player ev’ry fan
as Incas survive

you just have to say
not often you lose three nil
and reach last sixteen

as Swedes cruise on through
Los Incas are there with them
thanks to South Korea

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WC2018 Day 14 – shockaiku

unbelievable
recent form for once was true
raus Deutschland, raus, raus!

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WC2018 Day 13 – haiku

Maradona hurts
Elimination side-stepped
Messi takes control

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It almost happened
Last sixteen without Messi?
Leo gets serious!

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When a draw will do
Final score: honours(?) even
Les Blues and the Danes

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Quelle surprise! Nil-Nil
First one of the tournament
Suits both to go through

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Progress freezes up
Not for the want of trying
Thunderclap death knell

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Cahill makes a bow
Aussies rue missed chances
Return down under

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Denmark France Argentina Croatia Through haiku-WC Day 13

Denmark 0-0 France

we’ve been here before
two teams through afraid to risk
yawn yawn yawn yawn yawn

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Australia 0-2 Peru

Los Incas leave proud
joyous fans and skilful play
Socceroos head home

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Nigeria 1-2 Argentina

brave Nigeria
gave so much but once again
Argies still come good

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Iceland 1-2 Croatia

Iceland come so close
how we’ll miss their strength and fans
Croatia advance

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Six of the best for Panama

Panama punished with six of the best
Didn’t do their homework and failed on their test
Three of those strikes came from the Kane
But hats off to Panama
they played through the pain
Two more strikes
from the sticks of Stones
It broke Panamanian spirits and chilled their bones.
A lash from Jesse Linberg added to their woes
Who proclaimed that this England team
was a bunch of average Joes?
A Panama consolation meant
it weren’t a complete disaster
But they won’t forget their trouncing
from their ruthless English master.

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WC2018 Day 12 – haiku

Spain, Portugal through
VAR impacts two games
Iberian luck

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Maximum points
Uruguay boss the hosts
Reality check

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VARcical – Spain & Portugal Through -WC Day 12

Uruguay 3-0 Russia

ten man Russia fall
to Suarez and Cavani
in their spaceship home

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Saudi Arabia 2-1 Egypt

even with Salah
Pharoahs bow to Saudis late
as both bid farewell

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Iran 1-1 Portugal

stealing headlines still
VAR lets Christiano off
as Iran stand tall
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Spain 2-2 Morocco

VAR decides once more
Aspas late goal grabs a draw
to see Spain end top

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Portugal/Iran.

Can’t say I’m a Shakespeare fan
Strikes me as kinda daft
Yet I sat through Portugal/Iran
Thinking…this is bordering on farce?

If it wern’t for Lawro’s blinding commo?
Having me in fits
I’d vote to scrap the VAR tomorrow
If our game carries on as this one did?

These Portuegeezers and Irainan guys
Should be seriously reprimanded, by them fine up-standing FIFA chaps,
For this Comedy of Errors performed on Twelve Night…
In the guise of a World Cup football match.

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Into the Side Netting

The lines, angles and shapes are wrong. Which
algal bloom will form when the ground has gone –
sunk or deserted – while for now Peru find time
left them, talent still potent, reminiscing
about far post chances, a faulty connection
into the side netting?

A stray Time Out deep in the boot bag –
no substitute for better grains –
forms afterthoughts of wholesome sustenance
as a temporary breakfast lifeline, sugar hypo-
thesis shows how skill falls to the unforeseen
like sublime seasonal post orchestration

when addresses are miswritten,
omitted bunkers on the Lego architect’s plan,
misattribution of cylinders
you awoke to find on the lawn
and a sense of having failed by 7:30 a.m.
such are the new tasks to perform.

Peru did nothing but find careful design
left them just the wrong side.

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