The football world cup as hit New Zealand and we have been part of the action. The U-20 world cup that is.
No representation from England of course.
Joe and I did go to see a couple of games a group game between Argentina who were at that point one of the favourites and Ghana. That was a good game with great skill on display. Ghana went 3-0 up and Argentina came back to 3-2 in the last ten minutes looking like they may take an unexpected point from the game. Ghana were the better team and played fast, running, attacking football. Some fine talent on display.
It came to pass that Argentina went out t this stage and Ghana in the round of sixteen.
We also watched the Wellington hosted quarter final between Senegal and Uzbekistan. Not such great quality and I wondered all through the game how these two had progressed. A turgid game with a lower level of skill on display than the previous viewing. Senegal won deservedly but I cannot see them beating Brazil.
No more games in wellington. The semis are in Christchurch and Auckland and the final in Auckland too. The crowds were not great; 5+ thousand for the first game and 10+ for the quarter-final, and the latter with lots of kids.
I don’t think the tournament has set alight the Kiwi public. Not that I have seen anyway.
