English Football

To the soccer fans of England, I wish to say sorry that I am not enthusiastic about their soccer, anymore. 

 I used to be very ardent about the English clubs, before the World Cup Final. Once England went out, at the earlier stage, without a whimper, I lost interest in the Final, and the team from England, in particular. I began to think that the English players will be always the great pretenders to win the world cup as had always been, since their win of 1966. 

Even the mention of their great players doesn’t excite me anymore. Why, it even irritates me sometimes! News about Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Andy Johnson, to mention a few, had always attracted my attention. Not anymore! Even when their favorite clubs win in their friendlies with other clubs by big margins, as in the recent cases of Arsenal and Manchester United or even Manchester City winning over their opponents, my mind starts to say that for all they want they can win by 20 to 0 and they will still be no contenders to the World Cup. Only pretenders! 

Well, having getting that off my chest, I want to say that I have not lost interest in football, totally. My eyes always seek out for news on my favorite coach Jose Mourinho!