Melbourne is buzzing with “world cup fever”. Tonight’s match between the Socceroos and the ______ (whatever the Greek team calls themselves) should be a corker. I know there are lots of Melbournians who hate football (soccer) but I think you should still get into the spirit.
Even at 4:30 when I was riding home from work, there were soccer jersey-clad fans all around East Melbourne and the MCG. Hopfully we will see a few flares and plenty of Oscar-winning injury fakes to add to the entertainment.
My prediction: Aus 2 – Greece 1 (only because of home ground advantage, which doesn’t make a lot of sense because the crowd will probably be mostly Greeks and the Socceroos don’t really play on the G very often, do they!?)
As for the World Cup propper, I don’t think the Aussies will progress very far, but there will still be plenty of good matches to watch.
So much for 2-1. The game was a bit boring at the end of the day, but what a goal! It was a coker!
Bring on Germany!