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    Jan 16, 2013
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    I've been planning this trip for 2 years. Then decided not to go. More important things to spend that money on.

    What sucks it that this is probably the only chance i'll get to see a WC in my homecountry in my lifetime. Oh well...

    Brazil, Spain, Germany and Argentina are favorites here. If i had to take a guess, Argentina should win it. Hope i'm wrong though.

    Vai Brasil!
     

    Ragazza

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    When I went to the Juve-Everton match in SF earlier this month, I was surprised by all the fans who showed up in Italia jerseys. This despite Juve's starting lineup of Lichtsteiner, Isla, Vidal, Asamoah, Tevez, and Llorente. :sergio:
    I was one of them, but I'm a special circumstance. :D

    Better than the people who went in club jerseys of teams that weren't even there, there was a guy in a Milan shirt a couple rows in front of me. Also saw plenty of Barca, Madrid, Man Utd, Liverpool, etc. I guess neutrals just wanted to wear something football-related.
     

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    I've been planning this trip for 2 years. Then decided not to go. More important things to spend that money on.

    What sucks it that this is probably the only chance i'll get to see a WC in my homecountry in my lifetime. Oh well...

    Brazil, Spain, Germany and Argentina are favorites here. If i had to take a guess, Argentina should win it. Hope i'm wrong though.

    Vai Brasil!
    If it's an option you should go. There are more important things, maybe, but those things will not go away. This opportunity with the generation of players that you follow is not something too common that happens frequently. You might spend a lot but even if you do I'm pretty sure you won't regret it.
     
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    If it's an option you should go. There are more important things, maybe, but those things will not go away. This opportunity with the generation of players that you follow is not something too common that happens frequently. You might spend a lot but even if you do I'm pretty sure you won't regret it.
    :agree:
     
    Jan 16, 2013
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    If it's an option you should go. There are more important things, maybe, but those things will not go away. This opportunity with the generation of players that you follow is not something too common that happens frequently. You might spend a lot but even if you do I'm pretty sure you won't regret it.
    Well, it is but it isn't, you know... As i've said if i go i'd want to go to every single Brazil match then hotel for at least 2 weeks, for the whole family. This and that... Nah, man. With that money i could go to Torino at least 5 times a year. Do 3 Euro trips annually or whatever else my family wants.

    Besides, i have a feeling the US will host a WC in the next 10-15 years, by then i'd be in a much more comfortable situation in every aspect, so...
     
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    I was one of them, but I'm a special circumstance. :D

    Better than the people who went in club jerseys of teams that weren't even there, there was a guy in a Milan shirt a couple rows in front of me. Also saw plenty of Barca, Madrid, Man Utd, Liverpool, etc. I guess neutrals just wanted to wear something football-related.
    :lol: I saw that too.

    But then you being an interista, I guess that will have to pass. :p

    If it's an option you should go. There are more important things, maybe, but those things will not go away. This opportunity with the generation of players that you follow is not something too common that happens frequently. You might spend a lot but even if you do I'm pretty sure you won't regret it.
    This.

    A WC is more than just the games. It's the environment around the games. Highly recommended. :tup:
     

    Ragazza

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    I wish I'd been older when the WC was here in 1994, I barely knew what football was then, being a five year old in the US. Only followed it a little bit with my family on TV, I remember crying like a baby when Baggio missed that penalty & I didn't even know who the fuck he was back then :lol: I just felt bad for him.

    Might explain why I took a liking to the Azzurri later in life.
     
    Jan 16, 2013
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    I wish I'd been older when the WC was here in 1994, I barely knew what football was then, being a five year old in the US. Only followed it a little bit with my family on TV, I remember crying like a baby when Baggio missed that penalty & I didn't even know who the fuck he was back then :lol: I just felt bad for him.

    Might explain why I took a liking to the Azzurri later in life.
    That right there was the reason i started following Juventus. I was obviously celebrating the title he had just gave us but for some reason i got interested enough to know which team he played for, turned out to be Juventus. :sheik:
     

    Bisco

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    :lol: I saw that too.

    But then you being an interista, I guess that will have to pass. :p



    This.

    A WC is more than just the games. It's the environment around the games. Highly recommended. :tup:
    Did you manage to get tickets for the group stage Greg? Hope that went your way.
     
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    I wish I'd been older when the WC was here in 1994, I barely knew what football was then, being a five year old in the US. Only followed it a little bit with my family on TV, I remember crying like a baby when Baggio missed that penalty & I didn't even know who the fuck he was back then :lol: I just felt bad for him.

    Might explain why I took a liking to the Azzurri later in life.
    There's something about the losses that binds you to a team more than the victories.

    Did you manage to get tickets for the group stage Greg? Hope that went your way.
    Applying for 2014 -- may not find out until October (and again in Dec/Jan).

    (In 2010 I only knew about the potential of being there for the WC just several weeks before, as I had started at a new company that had an office in ZA.)

    Get ready for 2018 yourself, Mr. Russkie. :D
     

    Bisco

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    There's something about the losses that binds you to a team more than the victories.



    Applying for 2014 -- may not find out until October (and again in Dec/Jan).

    (In 2010 I only knew about the potential of being there for the WC just several weeks before, as I had started at a new company that had an office in ZA.)

    Get ready for 2018 yourself, Mr. Russkie. :D
    :D oh yes that would indeed be sth to attend the 2018wc.
     

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