Champions League semi-finals 1st leg between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid is tonite.
Who do you root for when your team (i.e. Man Utd) gets kicked out so early on (I am still crying about it)? For me it’s simple, the other English team in the game (because despite being a supporter of the German national team, I am a fan of the English Premier League and I follow the EPL (properly called BPL) games) or your favourite non-English league team.
For me they are as follows:
English league: Chelsea and Arsenal. Will never support Liverpool cause it’s Liverpool. I don’t think the other English teams will ever make it to the final stages of the Champions League.
German league: Bayern Munich
Spanish league: Real Madrid (mainly cause that’s where a number of Man Utd’s star players move on to)
Italian league and others: I don’t really care actually.
So who am I supporting in this season’s Champions League semi-finals? Bayern Munich and Chelsea.
Who do I want to see win the Champions League? Bayern Munich. Maybe if Ballack was still playing for Chelsea I might cheer on Chelsea for the final win :P
Who do I think will win the Champions League? Barcelona, if Lionel Messi does not break his legs. Honestly I am praying that Barcelona (aka the Spanish national team) would end their winning streak (You’ve won everything already ok!). And I am still bitter that Man Utd lost to them two times already in the finals.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Putting it out in Public
It’s been a long while. Shits happens yea.
Ok, so there is something I need to come out of the closet. I am now a fan of the German Football Team.
Yes, I have left England for Germany. It was a secret romance that begin since World Cup 2002. For many years I have been a fervent supporter of England. This was because of the following reasons:
1) England is our former motherland (Singapore is a former colony of England);
2) EPL is huge in Asia, hence we naturally tend to support England; and
3) Because I grew up with people supporting England.
But after watching football for years, I began to form my own opinions. And in that process, I was seduced by the German football team. I use the word “seduced” because I actually really enjoy watching them play and the process of conversion happended over time. Throughout World Cup 2006 and Euro 2008, I wore the England jersey, watched all their matches and followed any football news relating to them. But lets just put it out in the open and say it. England had better drama than football. Meanwhile there was just something that really caught my attention to the German football team. I just love their style of play. And soon I caught myself enjoying the guilty pleasure of watching and following the German football team. In doing so, other things happened. I actually began to like hearing the German language spoken. I became curious about German culture too. And next thing you know, I am learning German, watching DW TV and took a whole month out to travel Germany. What started out as a guilty adulterous fling, turned into ….well…love.
I will always love England and follow them because of my history. But since World Cup 2010, I decided to follow my heart and become a Germany football team supporter.
Ok, so there is something I need to come out of the closet. I am now a fan of the German Football Team.
Yes, I have left England for Germany. It was a secret romance that begin since World Cup 2002. For many years I have been a fervent supporter of England. This was because of the following reasons:
1) England is our former motherland (Singapore is a former colony of England);
2) EPL is huge in Asia, hence we naturally tend to support England; and
3) Because I grew up with people supporting England.
But after watching football for years, I began to form my own opinions. And in that process, I was seduced by the German football team. I use the word “seduced” because I actually really enjoy watching them play and the process of conversion happended over time. Throughout World Cup 2006 and Euro 2008, I wore the England jersey, watched all their matches and followed any football news relating to them. But lets just put it out in the open and say it. England had better drama than football. Meanwhile there was just something that really caught my attention to the German football team. I just love their style of play. And soon I caught myself enjoying the guilty pleasure of watching and following the German football team. In doing so, other things happened. I actually began to like hearing the German language spoken. I became curious about German culture too. And next thing you know, I am learning German, watching DW TV and took a whole month out to travel Germany. What started out as a guilty adulterous fling, turned into ….well…love.
I will always love England and follow them because of my history. But since World Cup 2010, I decided to follow my heart and become a Germany football team supporter.
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