Last night, if you were around any Germans....you tended to notice a upbeat chat by German guys (yeah, German gals didn't really care).
The world soccer guys came out with the 'clusters' for the World Cup for next year. For an American, none of this really is clear. So I will spend a minute to explain this as simple as possible.
The World Cup guys come out every four years and play this do-or-die series. There is a crowned champion. For this series....it's all to be played in Brazil.
The big picture? You have several groups of four teams (each has their country's team). You play three games against your opponents in this group. The two teams who win two games each...move on. The other two get sent home.
How critical is the group match-ups? It's really big stuff.....if you sat in the midst of a couple of German guys. You don't want to have four decent teams in your group....that'd really spoil Germany's chances of moving up.
So the group that Germany sits amongst? Ghana, the US, and Portugal. It took around sixty seconds for most German guys....upon coming to the news....to react and realize they have it made. They will move on. The Portugal folks? They are just as happy.....they will beat at least the US and Ghana....maybe even Germany. The Ghana folks? They might beat the US, and that's big stuff for them. As for the US team....led by their German coach? Well....it's a dismal group to be in.....the odds are stacked against them to win a single game.
Yeah, it's kinda like March Madness. Most German guys will chat over the match-ups and the possibility of Germany or Italy winning the World Cup.
So, as you stand near the water cooler next week at your German office.....as an American....you can sense the vast nature and importance of this World Cup group news. We've got months to go....but summer of 2014 is a big deal....at least for a German soccer enthusiast.
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