Goooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaallllllll!!!!!

Evidently, soccer is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to mass genocide.

We watched the FIFA World Cup semifinal match on the 4th (Germany vs. Italy). It surprised me how much my Dad and Uncle Wayne were into it. I would have never thought either of them would like soccer. It's just not a sport I would have expected either one of them to like, and yet they insisted on watching the match.

Truth be told, I'm not a huge soccer fan myself. Don't get me wrong. I like soccer. If there's a match on, I'll watch it; and I'll be enthused about it. It's just not a sport I would turn the channel to watch if someone told me there was a match on.

As matches go, this one was pretty spectacular. The level of violence was superb! ;) No score at the end of regulation. That means that for an entire hour, 22 guys on a field are working their collective arses off, moving the ball up and down an 100-yard field. Try getting that much physical activity out of baseball or golf! Even american football isn't that exhausting (although it is a contact sport).

2 back-to-back goals in less than a minute of second overtime sealed the deal for Italy getting into the World Cup this year. All Germany could do was stand there looking stupid and stunned. Das D'oh!

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