Semifinal is Around the Corner!

Before 2006. Or 2008. Or 2010 before Italy's out (ya I recovered faster than I thought : one night) I had never been a supporter of other countries.

Yaa I always have back ups tho, teams to support after Italy's gone (after sometime, I will realize ga asik juga sih kalo ga dukung siapa2), but I also can't be too fanatics about them, it's like..I just prefer them to win. And they're likely to revolve around Southern Europe(for Euro) or South America (for World Cup). The ones that speak Spanish or Portuguese. Spain. Portugal. Brazil. ARGENTINA.

But this time. I go for the westerns. Context : Soccer, only. This event, only. And these teams I "support" (minus Italy ahahah) are doin' well. And lookin' good. Yea:

1. Germany.
Honestly the initial reason was sympathy. Ahaha.
I mean I witnessed them lost in '02final. We beat them in '06 semifinal (I'm happy about that actually---sympathy.), and they lost again in '08 final. Losing in the final hurts a lot, fiuh, I understand. But after watching their counter attacks this world cup : WOOO HOOO ICH WIRKLICH UNTERSTUTZE DICH, DER PANZER!!!!

And for mr.runner up, Michael Ballack :( I wunsche Ihnen eine gute Zukunft in Leverkusen.

Kasian banget sihhhh. Udah di timnas runner up, di klub runner up, pas cedera Jerman malah terlihat menjanjikan, kadang2 sepakbola memang menyakitkan. Mana ganteng lagi pas dateng ke Cape Town kemaren huhuuu, watching his teammates having fun on the field :( Ich habe Mitleid mit Ihnen, Herr Ballack.

Oh I don't like their flag. No offense.

2. The Netherlands.
This world cup's full of surprise isn't it. I always have one feeling about Brazil : they win. 92,75%. So when the Netherlands had to face them I was quite prepared - and I couldn't believe they beat Brazil!

O R A N J E ! ! !

I'm sorry Kaka, altough I love you and your beauty and it breaks my heart seeing you walking out holding your tears :(but I have to put my country above my love for you:)

Okay. Indonesia and the Netherlands crossed path big time. Long story. You'll find so many Dutch people of Indonesian descent and vice versa. And some of them are the reason why they're one of my back-ups this world cup.

And they've never won the title.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
I thought he's mixed but from his (I'm not sure if this is official) website, he's pure Indonesian.

Eh I heard Heitinga and de Zeeuw are of Mollucan descent as well, and van Persie's grandma came from Surabaya?

So this time, it's (hopefully) gonnabe either Deutschland, or Dutch-land. Just enjoy the games :)