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a brief digression on T-shirt slogans

Less than 10 minutes to go and still no score – there almost was a Dutch goal a second ago, but there was a flag on the play.

I forgot to mention earlier that a lot of people in the centrum are wearing shirts that were obviously bought in case Germany beat Spain. I saw one that said “If you h*te f*cking Germany, clap your hands” and another that said “I support two teams: Holland and anyone playing Germany”. I was actually kind of glad Spain won because I was a little worried about things getting ugly, though someone told me that really only happens for local teams, not national ones. Makes sense – there is no one here rooting against Holland right now – at least, if there is they’re staying home and not going out in public. Smart move.

By the way, the live commentary says this is only the third scoreless World Cup in history. Into overtime!! (At least, I think that’s what they mean: “We’re heading to extra time just as in 2006 after the second scoreless final in World Cup history following Brazil-Italy in 1994. “

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3 Responses to “a brief digression on T-shirt slogans”

  1. Jane H Says:
    July 11th, 2010 at 10:26 pm

    Is the anti-Germany thing still from WWII, or just because they are such close neighbors, who nearly-globally seem to be the most disliked regardless of precise location on the globe?

  2. paula Says:
    July 11th, 2010 at 10:34 pm

    Jane, I think it’s partly from WWII – there’s still some general anti-Germany sentiment here – but more from the last time they played each other in the WC final in 1974.

  3. Marsha Says:
    July 13th, 2010 at 3:31 am

    I had mentioned my fear of a riot to my African co-worker,Herbert, after hearing of all the riots in Europe after games, but he also said it didn’t happen at the World Cup, only at local games. By the way, Herbert is the only other person I know who watched even some of the game yesterday. I was defrosting a chicken and then stuffing and roasting it through most of the game, but Dad kept telling me the score “still 0-0″. I did watch the overtime, but didn’t understand most of it. The Spaniards were good, but I kept hoping the Dutch would pull it out.

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