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World Cup 2010 – Day 12

Peter Goulding

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Mexico 0 Uruguay 1 (Group A)

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 They said nothing could be plainer,
It was really a no-brainer,
Both sides would be glad to gain a
Simple draw.
It would be most uninspiring,
Nothing much to be admiring,
With the two teams both conspiring
Not to score.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 It was a banker, I should take it,
Maybe my one chance to make it.
Loads of money! I should rake it
In with glee.
So I bet my bottom dollar
Like a real gambling scholar.
Now I’m living here in squalor
In this tree.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 France 1 South Africa 2 (Group A)

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Some say that, for France, the World Cup’s ended,
Resignations and retirements will be tended.
The French will now review the situation
And hope that Laurent Blanc will get things mended.
But one man still aspires to qualification –
For Evra, the World Cup has been extended.
The captain can escape humiliation
By replaying the games on his Playstation.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Argentina 2 Greece 0 (Group B)

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Even when the South Koreans were leading,
The Greeks still turned the match into a bore.
Determined solely to avoid conceding,
Not bothering to push upfield and score.
Surely it was clear that they were needing
A goal or two, or maybe even more?
Yet, even as their prospects were receding,
Still they focussed merely on the draw.

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 Nigeria 2 South Korea 2 (Group B)

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Fingernails chewed in the South Hemisphere
For the lads from Nigeria, Greece and Korea.
How quickly the hopes of each one disappear
But still they must knuckle down and persevere.
Fans are confused now, they cheer and they jeer,
Especially since the last place is unclear.
Managers pray to the gods they can steer
Their teams safe and sound past the knockout frontier.
But all things considered, I’ll raise a large beer
That Nigeria and Greece are both out on their ear.
Nigeria, sadly, were weak at the rear
And Greece never heard of the word ‘cavalier.’
Football is cruel, though it would have seemed queer
If either of them had usurped South Korea.

© Peter Goulding 22nd June 2010

Notes

When asked, last November, if France would consider replaying the game against Ireland, Evra replied that he would replay it on his Playstation

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/world-cup-2010-day-12/