Portugal 1, Angola 0 and fans here are delirious?

People in Bermuda are insane about the World Cup. Even more than usual. It's so bad that the Portuguese fans and the Brazilian fans are having impromptu motorcades after their respective teams won their first matches of the tournament. It's especially sad for Brazil, who by all accounts are supposed to win their first couple of games with ease. So for them to be celebrating, especially when they've only repeated what they have done since 1930 or so, seems a bit over-the-top.

I won't say the same for Trinidad and Tobago which was expected to get slammed early and often during this tournament, but played Sweden to a gritty scoreless draw in their first match. It's good to see the less fancied sides get something out of the tournament.

I'm thinking that it'd be best for Bermuda if the Czech Republic won the tournament. There aren't many Czechs on the island and maybe we wouldn't get subjected to the honking horn parade if they were victorious on July 7th. Maybe Ukraine. It'd be too much to hope for a Togo victory, though.

Don't get me wrong, I love this time of year (see earlier post of course), it's just that I'm realizing that people here are looking for any excuse to make excessive noise over a first-round match and it's only going to get worse.