¡Viva España!

I was in KL last weekend and inside my hotel room, the television set in there has this Spanish television channel named TVE and they kept repeating the scene where the Spanish team scored a goal during the match with Germany. They also kept repeating the scene where Paul the octopus picked Spain over Netherlands for the last ever match. This surely caught my attention as i've heard and read a lot about this Paul the octopus.

So, believe it or not, i actually stayed awake until 2.30am (12 July 2010, GMT +8) just to see the match. Football is just not my cup of tea but i was really interested to know if Paul the octopus will indeed nail it for the 8th consecutive time. And of course, i was rooting for Spain during the whole duration of the match. Anyone would be stupid not too ... even the Dutch knew the Spaniards are the favorites. Robin van Persie admitted this during an interview a day before the match.

Anyway, i really did glue myself to the television from start till the whistle was blown signaling the end of FIFA 2010 around 4.45am (GMT +8). Never have i thought the match will go on for so long and it has started to become very boring that i no longer root for any particular team and all i wanted was either team just kick one ball in and voilà, the match ends and i can finally go to bed. Then all of a sudden, a ball was goaled in the last 4 minutes of the extra time. Even Queen Sofia was shocked because somehow, i guess everyone was really annoyed and bored already since it's been so long since the match started yet no one scores a ball until now. Yayyyyyyyy !!! Paul the octopus was right !!!

It was my first time watching the entire football match. Will i do it again ? Bet you i will ! It is actually quite a fun sport and i'll watch a football match over basketball any day !

By the way, aren't footballers supposed to be very tough ? Am i the only one who seems to think that they purposely fall down most of the time ? Because the screaming and facial expression they did were all over the top. That was just cheap ! I will go to Brazil to go for the FIFA 2014 and this is exactly what i'll be doing (see below).

And here you go, the man who made Reino de España proud, Andres Iniesta.

And below is the captain of the Spanish team, Iker Casillas who kissed her girlfriend right in front of live national television right after they won the game.