futebol

Its amazing how suddenly everyone turns into a football pundit the moment the World Cup begins. Everyone comes up with their own analysis of teams, players to watch and tactical knowledge. People start cursing at referees, players and managers. The local papers start publishing special pullouts telling us who's who.

And when the World Cup ends, everyone knows nuts about football.

Ronaldinho. Thierry Henry. Michael Owen. Michael Ballack.

Heck, everyone knows who they are.

Try Johan Djourou, Javier Mascherano, Tim Cahill, Eric Abidal, Emmanuel Eboue, Rafael Van der Vaart, Rafael Marquez, Pascal Chimbonda, Lukas Podolski, Andres Iniesta, Marcos Senna.

The English Premiership. The Spanish La Liga. The Italian Serie A. The German Bundesliga. The French Ligue. The Dutch Eredivisie.

There's a lot more to football than the World Cup. Go Figure!