well. it's over. for the first time in 32 years, Holland was in the World Cup finals. For the 3rd time, a world record mind you, Holland lost in the finals. and for one night, several million people shared the same disappointment at the same moment. tears were shed, a few curse words passed through the air (mainly aimed at a particular referee; what was his beef with the Dutch team anyway? that has got to be a record number of yellow cards given to one team in a single game...), the last drops of beer were swallowed or thrown on the floor, and the masses moved silently toward the train stations and finally to home where a restless sleep welcomed them. a small percentage stayed out to party their sorrows away, waking up the next morning on the floors in corners of the train stations, greeted by reporters ready to ask them to relive their experience and share their responses. I'm sure they were happy to wake up to that....
Oh, Oranje! they were so close. so close! any other goal might have felt more deserved, had it not been the result of an off-side play (or was it undeserved goal-kick?). but now Holland is trying to process a loss that feels unjustified. it's so unsatisfying. this is no closure to the hard fought road to the finals.
four years feels like a long time right now.
8 years ago
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I even painted my nails orange and with blue wrote KNVB and on my thumbs a crown...
:)
So sad that they lost! Unfortunately, it was on at 3:30 in the morning here, so I could only watch highlights the next morning...
More like the lowlights...
Sad day. And it smashed the previous yellow card record in total. I think we passed that mark around 30 minutes or so. Blech.
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