There is only less than a month before World Cup begins.
The number of total viewer worldwide counts over 60 billions, this is the biggest and the most popular sports event in the world.
I was obsessed with soccer in 2006 because I was a student. I watched TV on live in the morning and watched re-air in the afternoon.
Then this year, 2010.
2nd place in World Cup 2002, 3rd place in World Cup 2006, 2nd place in EURO 2008
The key players of 2006 & 2008 remains as it were and they would be the champion in this World Cup 2010, Germany National Team.
The new tells me the captain of the team, Michael Ballack, gone from World Cup because of injury for 8 weeks to recover.
At the same time, my World Cup also gone...
It was just like that big news for me and the biggest miscalculation for me.
He is not a player with stand-out speed, technique, or fantastic pass. However he has a huge presence.
He is the very symbolic player of "Germany."
He scored 42 goals in 98 matches as national team player even though he is mid-field player. His score is far more than the ones with current Japan National Team.
Such a great player got injured and gone right before the World Cup...
Furthermore, the player who made him injured is the one from Ghana National Team who is in the same group at the World Cup 2010. There might be something in backyard... (There was a war between two countries because of World Cup in the past)
Ballack himself is surely regretting and also this is huge blow for Germany national team. It is more than losing Shunsuke Nakamura, Keisuke Honda and Takayuki Morimoto at the same time from Japan.
This is my delusion but Germany will make it to the final showing German spilit against Ballack's absence. Then he will come back after miracle recovery and he scores winning goal and they will be the 4th champion!!