Since it is off-season, I thought no one could make a bigger fool of themselves than me, but I was proved wrong! (Again!)
- Carlton Palmer, Football Pundit Extraordinaire
What the heck is this ‘Ajax’ thing which keeps coming up when Suarez is mentioned? Why is it not in the list of clubs I memorized? Can we talk about Cristiano now?
- Mayanti Langer, Cricket, Hockey, Football and Quidditch Pundit Extraordinaire.
At least she’s not Mandira Bedi. Oh wait, that’s not necessarily a good thing.
- The Dude.
While it’s been a fortnight since the conclusion of the ’Greatest Show on Earth’, as dedicated football fans, we felt it would just not be right to let the World Cup fade from our memories without one of BigFourZa’s special Factfiles. So, here goes:
| Name | The FIFA Football World Cup. |
| Related sports |
Referee’s Poker, Freestyle Karate, Synchronized Diving |
| Related TV Shows | The Bald and the Beautiful, Desperate Housewives. |
| Global reach | All the continents, and a few sheep in New Zealand |
| Conducted By | Sepp Blatter, Fred Flintstone and other contemporaries. |
| Target Audience | Vuvuzela Concert Aficionados |
| Awards |
Golden Boot - Thomas Mueller Golden Ball - Diego Forlan Golden Boot to the Balls - Nigel De Jong |
| McDonald’s Happy Meal for Most Deserving Winner | Fernando Torres |
| Mahindra Satyam award for Most Honest Player | Arjen Robben |
| Budweiser Award for Most Sober Coach | Diego Maradona |
| Boringest 90 minutes | England – Algeria |
| Non-boringest 90 seconds | Spain – Paraguay |
| Only Italian to get anywhere near the Cup | Fabio Cannavaro |
| Only Frenchman to get anywhere near the team bus | The Driver |
| Flashes of brilliance | Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Larissa Riquelme. |
| Best players of the tournament | Ex-Real Madrid players |
| Worst players of the tournament | Current Madrid players |
| Everyone else | To-be Madrid players |
| Word on the Street |
“… and Man City will buy win the World Cup in 2014” |
Unforgettable Images from the tournament and the stories behind them.
Non-football fan during the Mayanti Langer halftime show
Non-football fan during the game
The Uruguay team's most used tactic
England's two greatest spills involving the US
Why did the chicken cross the road? 'Cos FIFA said it didn't cross the white line.
Till next!
