World Cup - 20100614

World Cup of football has been kicked off. Everybody's eyesight would be fixed in South Africa this month.

I do not have any favorite team. However, Spain would be my pick of champion. Spain has always been a serious contender in every occasion, however, those Iberia players failed their supporters. This time, the situation may be different. All the talents, in addition to their quality, are psychologically well prepared. Barcelona stars have been tested under the pressure in the European Champions League.

Columnist 林行止 queried the economic benefit of World Cup, in the aspect of football clubs. Lam said players are employed by clubs but play for their countries. Clubs would gain nothing regardless players performance in the meantime.

Straightly speaking, Lam's argument is quite unarguable. Nevertheless, World Cup is a good occasion to trade. Players performance would be scrutinized by every football clubs. Managers with sharp eyes may get good deals, say buying those Asian footballers at reasonable price. On the other hand, it would also be a good chance to offload players at an attractive sum of money. After all, there is no bigger market than World Cup.

Lastly, it is quite dismal for non-Cable subscribers. We could not even see the real goals from news. By seeing goal-replica from those ridiculous animation, I am dumbfounded.