Gary Lineker: "Football is a game..."

Naturally it was the Football World Cup that dominated the days back then, and on this day it was the round the last 16 and the classic clash between Germany and England. Our flight out of Hong Kong was shortly after midnight, but this game kicked off at 10 PM Hong Kong time, so be able to watch and manage the flight, we went early to the airport, and then hoped we could watch the match there.
After check in, the route was directly towards the Sports Bar in the hope that not that many others had the same idea.
But what do you think it is like when Germany and England meet in the World Cup tournament and it is shown on the telly. Yes right, absolutely everyone wants to watch, and in and around the airport sports bar it was absolutely packed with people, no chance for us to just squeezing in some corner to watch from there, so we withdrew to another restaurant from where we could hear the roar from the crowd every time something happened over there on the green screens in the crowded bodega.
The problem was that the many roars which came on that night, didn’t really give any hint of what went on, and who of the two was on top, so only live SMS covering from a good friend in Germany, gave the information that the men with the Eagle on their chest, in fact was demolishing the Three Lions and that with 4 to 1. Would have been a good game to watch I guess.
As soon as the match was over, the bar was empty in minutes. All the supporters for Three Lions disappeared out in every corner of the airport to mourn or what ever they did, and the few supporters for Germany stayed around for a bit longer over their drinks, but they too were looking as stunned as their defeated counterparts.
As a Danish guy, I didn’t really care who of those two would have won, as “someone” had predicted both England and/ or Germany to be the new Champions, even months before the tournament actually started, I thought it was fine that Germany had done them so bad, even if it was a bit rotten, with the Lampard goal not given, or was that the irony of the time; as England 44 years before had won the title, with a goal that probably wasn't one, and now they loose this match, with a clear goal, that then wasn't one according to the refferee.
So it was with a funny feeling that we left Hong Kong in the early hours of the 28th of June, with one of the favorites already out, and as Gary Lineker once has said: "Football is a game for 22 people and a ball and at the end Germany always wins!"
Next stop Doha and then Stockholm.