Why I love Football

The world of the Football Worldcup is the one I want to live in.

No, I am not talking about our inappropriately named American "football" (where only kickers dare to touch the ball with their feet) but the real football, the "beautiful game".

I follow many sports, but Football is the one I love the most. I am one of the billions of fans who are gripped with world cup fever. I waited 4 long years for this. For me, the World Cup is the only sporting event which seems to transcend sport itself. It's so big, with so many people eating and breathing football everyday for over a month, that it somehow becomes a historical event/celebration all wrapped up in one. That it happens once only every four years makes it even more special; the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, etc., all come once a year, but four years is long enough to allow you to invest some time and emotion in the current World Cup tournament. After all, who knows where you-or any of us-will be in four more years?

I love football. I love it because it is a beautiful game, a game that at it's best can be of such stunning elegance and beauty that it's as if you're no longer watching a rough and tumble sport, but dance. I love it because it makes me happy.

Brazil is my favorite team. I love Brazil not just for being the most successful national football team in the world. More than any other team, I think, Brazil show the world how beautiful the game can really be. Brazil plays with an artful rhythm and phenomenal skill, taking what can be a brutally physical game and turning it into something beautiful and surprising. When Brazil plays football, its as if players are doing Samba with the ball. A common quip about football is: "The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it".

I am a passionate fan and I am enjoying each and every moment of the world cup. The worldcup will be gone before I know it, and yet it can't get here soon enough!!

Joga Bonito!!