It’s ridiculous to see the number of comparisons that have been made over the last few days. Everybody seems to be pointing to one factor or another that make this world cup inferior. These range from a seeming lack of goals to a possibly annoying increase of vuvuzelas.
This is like comparing the younger sibling constantly to the older sibling who was the better student, the better athlete and the better child.. Lay off the kid already!
Goals are not indicators of the quality of football. Take Brazil vs North Korea for example – would a 4-0 victory have meant improved quality of football? Would it have done justice to excellent organization that effectively denied one of the world’s best goal poachers lack of space? or reduced one of the most destructive attacks in the world (who could afford to drop superstars like Ronaldinho and Pato altogether) to taking shots from outside the box?
Let’s get done with the comparisons, move on.. and enjoy the spectacle.
Because that’s what it is, a spectacle..
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