“Football” Mania - World Cup

I sure hope I do not loose a lot of credibility by writing this… If I told most of you that I spent my Friday night watching football… that wouldn’t surprise most of you – but if I told you it was World Cup “soccer” a few of you would think I had lost it.

Well I find myself getting caught up in World Cup “Football” mania like the rest of Europe. Maybe it is because of the sports withdraw I’m going through, but a few of the games (2 so far) have been quite interesting – or at least they hold my attention. I think my friend Tino from KC would be proud of me (I just hope my family of “FOOTBALL” coaches don’t disown me!)

World Cup Mania is crazy here. Every café, bar, restaurant, house, apartment, TV has a World Cup game on. I guess it would be comparable to the Super Bowl or World Series coverage. It is all the Bulgarians are talking about, and according to the news, most of Europe and the other football nations in central and southern America as well.

When we first got to Bulgaria, their club team “Levski” had just advanced to the quarter-finials of the European Champions League (It’s a big deal over here). Bulgarians were going crazy – something a Bulgarian club team has never achieved before. I am actually trying to find a Levski jersey as a souvenir. In the pictures they are the team in blue. The picture with the red lights in the crowd… those are not lights… they are home made torches! Kind of makes holding up your lighter look real whimpy!

Drew also has a little soccer ball he likes kicking around. Don’t worry… I still have plenty of time to get him back on the right track when we get back home. I’m still able to keep up with my NFL teams (Chiefs, Bears and Cowboys) via the internet – however I am still exploring my options on how to watch the games over here.

Soccer may be interesting – but could never fill the void of smash mouth, trash talking, show boating, put the women and children to bed it’s time to find dinner, sport made for kings – FOOTBALL!