Greek fans invent fabulous abuse for their own players
Today I am Greek. All five of us walking down the hill towards the Indian Ocean and the Port Elizabeth stadium are Greek. Nikos is Greek because he is Greek. Dan, who is wearing a specially made makarapa in Greek colours, flying Greek flags and giving us all a lesson in the art of Greek cursing, is Greek after spending five years in Athens and finding his spiritual home there. Paul is Zimbabwean but he too is Greek today—Dan has forced him into a Greek football shirt. On the plane, Gregory and I had pondered the question aloud: are we supporting South Korea or Greece? We were told in no uncertain terms by the Greeks on board that we were supporting Greece. I settle for a scarf: all I can do to stop Dan making me put on a Greek shirt.
Janet Cherry
Glad you raised the issue of Streetnet and the ‘World Class Cities FOR ALL in 2010′ campaign. I went to the PE stadium yesterday for the Cote D’Ivoire/Portugal game. Some of us tried a small protest with posters saying ‘Red Card Israel’ and ‘Red Card Mugabe’. Within minutes, FIFA security had found me and took me off for questioning. Old apartheid security policeman greeted me by name. Sigh…..Afterwards – transport back to the City was chaotic. HUndreds, if not thousands, of people with small kids, squashed in the road, waiting for busses, no crowd control at all. We gave up and walked to a nearby restaurant. Great blog Dave.
Eleni Kostopoulos
Awesome pic Georgio