Even though I don't care about either of the these teams...this game was AWESOME!!! The stadium near Johannesburg was one of the coolest stadiums I've ever seen. It's called Soccer City and it is where the final will be played. Ghana scored in stoppage of the first half and this great player for Uruguay Fornal or something...scored a great free kick in the second half tying it up. Then it went overtime and in the 120th minute Ghana had a shot on goal which a Uruguay defender could only stop with his hands. So he was red carded and Ghana was given a PK with 0 minutes left. All Ghana had to do was make the PK and they would have won but he hit the crossbar and missed!! The hand ball by the defender of Uruguay was now WELL worth the red card...he saved them from going home because Uruguay went on to win the shootout. CRAZY!! The other crazy part was that 95% of the 85,000 people their were cheering for Ghana. It was quite the reaction when things took a turn for the worse for Ghana. So heartbreaking for them. It was a great world cup game to have personally witnessed. Good jog Uruguay.
Getting home from the game was quite an adventure. They set it up so there were only 2 gates about 4 feet wide for 85,000 people to squeeze through. I thought we were going to end up being those fans that get squashed and killed that I've heard about in the news from many years ago. It was a very poorly designed exit plan. Then we finally got on a bus an hour later to take a 45 minute shuttle ride back to Jo-burg with a bunch of crazy drunk and upset soccer hooligans. They were pushing, they were volgure, and even though Ghana lost they were still blowing their Vuvuzuela's like a bunch of retartds....seriously, I watch some of these people blowing their vuvuluela's and wonder if they are mentally handicapped. A lot of the people who are at these games I swear were only their to get drunk and blow their vuvuzuela. They didn't even pay much attention to the game. They were just there for a party I guess. But we eventually got home at about 1:30 am which in Jo-Burg is not a time you want to be out at night.
Today we did a little last minute shopping and now we are headed to the airport. We have a 3 hour layover in Paris and then we arrive in NYC on the morning of July 4th. My wife, sister and mom are already in NYC waiting for us where we will spend a few days. I can't wait to meet up with my beautiful wife Joyce. I have missed her so much!!! It will be soooo good to see her!! So excited to come back to AMERICA!!
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