I'm Converting to...

Mexican. So far, the Mexicans have had the coolest fans. At the Cape Town airport today, they were getting psyched for their game against France tonight. They were singing ayyyyye ayyye ayyye ayye, canta y no llores and then singing some chant that ended in "putos." The entire airport was full of them. I thought I saw Poncho Herrera in a lucha libre mask, but then I think it was just another really hot Mexican. Also, there's nothing better than meeting a group of Mexicans and having them somehow coerce you into taking Tequila shots with them within the first 10 minutes of chatting.

Yesterday we missed our flight to Bloemfontein because Nelson can't tell the difference between 11:15 and 12:30. This meant that we got to watch the South Africa v. Uruguay game in a little Asian bar in Cape which was actually super delicious. It was also super depressing since the loss to Uruguay basically meant that Bufana Bufana is out. What was up with Forlan's lip? Was that a cold sore? Sexy, goldilocks.

So in actual soccer news...

The Jabulani Ball

What's up with the ball? Everyone's saying it's as good as one you'd buy at a grocery store. While everyone shit-talks, Roque is sweet about it.

"Everyone is complaining about the ball, but players like to complain about everything. I think that we need time to learn the intricacies of the ball." -Roque Santacruz

The Spanish Upset

Don't care.

The Argentines

Looking great right now. Messi's unstoppable and Maradona is a lucky bastard. Congrats on the hat trick Higuain!! His 3rd goal in 81st minute... you're the goaldiggers sexy player of the day.

He can thank Messi for that...

The Referees

Baby Cristiano 'greasy chicken bone' Ronaldo has been complaining about how the 'star players' need to be more protected by the refs. He needs to learn a thing or two about graciousness. He's a nasty, greasy chicken bone and let's be real, he probably IS faking.

The ref during last night's South Africa game though, he was completely out of line. The goalie shouldn't have gotten a red card. Oh well, sorry Bufana Bufana.

So...I'll get back to watching the last 5 minutes of this game and get ready to walk over to Free State Stadium and see if we can get some tickets to the Greece v. Nigeria game.