Tuesday 20th, 0030 Johannapark, Leipzig
- 21 Jun 06, 01:49 PM
Definitley reduced to Plan B today, if not Plan C or D..... in fact make that E! The good news is we're still alive, and England don't have to play Germany in the next round. Low-lights of the day include me stalling the van on a six-land junction in Leipzig over the tram lines - in the path of a speeding tram, and Wizzer being half an inch away from tipping the van into a ditch. This was just seconds after another driving disaster, when we managed to navigate ourselves onto a country lane so narrow the entire village had to come out to move their cars so the 大象传媒 World Service Camper Van could pass - flattening several shrubs and flowers in the process (sorry to all the keen gardeners of Lieberwolkwitz.....)
Our plans of reaching a fan camp with electricity and maybe even a bar (to watch the England game) in time to mix our report for the day for London failed to materialise. Instead we found ourselves on a run-down housing estate on the edge of Leipzig, editing our piece in a thunder storm. If we don't get access to some electricity soon we're going to get sacked. This laptop battery has nearly run out, our mobile is practically dead and our satellite kit is on its last legs after our friends at 大象传媒 Five Live left it out in the rain in Dortmund. But hey we've managed to stock up on fruit and veg so, despite my heavy cold, scurvy is being kept at bay - but Wizzer is devestated that I've lost my voice and therefore can't tell him to clean up all this mess.
Never did find the fan camp - so tonight's resting place is a moonlit park.... strangely enough , despite the late hour
we are not the only ones here.... Leipzig seems to be full of gardening types, and there seem to be quite a few people taking a stroll and checking out the bushes and shrubs around us......
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The Much Talked Game of the Group C between Argentina and Netherlands ended in a draw 0-0 at Frankfurt.
Both the teams tried to show a better game with master class of passing skills from Argentineans and some good attacks by Netherlanders but teams failed to convert some of the good chances. Some of the key players were rested and the game didn't produce the real excitement as the game was not a decider. As group C always a danger group and this match send signals to other teams about the heights skills of the game.
I was thinking if they would have played as the first match in Group C then the game would have more exciting.
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I am amazed that an Argentinian referree was allowed to referee this match. The Portuguese cheated and I am sure that Ronaldo will never play for an English team again. I don't have sour grapes because I love football and This world cup was bad re: referees and cheats. FIFA should be ashamed of themselves!!
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