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I'm getting pretty sick of the fact that so many places continue to refer to 'the first day of the Olympics' as if the Olympics hasn't already started. I know the opening ceremony is today. I know a lot of the opening matches were played outside of London. I know lots of people don't care about Olympic football. But that doesn't chage the fact that the first day of Olympic competition was Wednesday. FACT.
I really don't appreciate getting e-mails from the London 2012 mailing list with titles like 'Let the Games Begin'. Cut it out.
Anyway:
Last night I went back to the Ricoh arena in Coventry, this time with my dad, to see a men's football match. We saw Belarus vs New Zealand, which wasn't the most anticipated match inside the UK, but seeing as how the fixtures weren't announced before ticket sales closed I was just happy to be at another Olympic event.
Final score was 1:0 and to be fair, despite New Zealand being more favoured and having a West Midlands guy on their team, Belarus really deserved to win because NZ were determined to chuck this match away despite having most of the possession in the first half. The Fifa website says that qualifying for the 2012 Olympics was the high point of Belarus' national football history, so glad to see them add an Olympic goal to their honours.
This time we were sat in front of a vocal NZ fan club, who had come prepared with a lot of quite inventive songs about Belrus's failures. And just below was a group of Belarus fans. Sadly they did not break out the English words to 'You're not Singing Anymore' in the second half :D
In Team GB news the women's team won their opening match Wednesday 1:0 against NZ (yes, on the road to victory) and the men drew theirs last night 1:1 against Senegal (the slightly bumpy road to victory?).
Will you be watching the opening ceremony tonight? I think I'll watch the actual thing, but not the totally unnecessary two hours of build up tonight. Is anyone off to see any Olympic events btw? Love to know what you've managed to get in to.
I really don't appreciate getting e-mails from the London 2012 mailing list with titles like 'Let the Games Begin'. Cut it out.
Anyway:
Last night I went back to the Ricoh arena in Coventry, this time with my dad, to see a men's football match. We saw Belarus vs New Zealand, which wasn't the most anticipated match inside the UK, but seeing as how the fixtures weren't announced before ticket sales closed I was just happy to be at another Olympic event.
Final score was 1:0 and to be fair, despite New Zealand being more favoured and having a West Midlands guy on their team, Belarus really deserved to win because NZ were determined to chuck this match away despite having most of the possession in the first half. The Fifa website says that qualifying for the 2012 Olympics was the high point of Belarus' national football history, so glad to see them add an Olympic goal to their honours.
This time we were sat in front of a vocal NZ fan club, who had come prepared with a lot of quite inventive songs about Belrus's failures. And just below was a group of Belarus fans. Sadly they did not break out the English words to 'You're not Singing Anymore' in the second half :D
In Team GB news the women's team won their opening match Wednesday 1:0 against NZ (yes, on the road to victory) and the men drew theirs last night 1:1 against Senegal (the slightly bumpy road to victory?).
Will you be watching the opening ceremony tonight? I think I'll watch the actual thing, but not the totally unnecessary two hours of build up tonight. Is anyone off to see any Olympic events btw? Love to know what you've managed to get in to.