Hi guys, welcome back to my blog. So in this post I will be talking about the FIFA 2018 world cup. As I said in my previous post, that was one of the best things I have watched. For me this is different than the rest of the other world cup, is because I remember this one clearly.
The FIFA world cup is held mostly every 4 years. It is always held in different countries but it could also be in the same continent as the previous one. The FIFA world cup usually happens in mid to late June until early July. World cup brings lot of attention to the host country even though it isn’t a famous country.
This year Russia hosts the world cup. This is Russias first time hosting the world cup. They used 12 stadiums in 11 cities. Most of the stadiums needed to be renovated. One of the most notable stadium is the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, that hosted the final of this world cup.
How the world cup works is that, first countries play for a spot by competing in there continent. Not all continents would have the same amount of countries playing. Of course only 32 teams join the world cup. The host country is automatically in. then the teams are drawn into groups (A-H). they will play to be in the round of 16. So that means only the top 2 of each group will advance.
This year Germany, the previous champions did not make the round of 16. Whereas Russia, the Host reached the quarter finals. After the quarter finals is the semi-finals, then finally the finals.
The finals as most of us knew that it was between France, a country that has won the world cup once before, against Croatia a country new to the finals. In the end it was France who won by 4-2. Making them 2 times champions of the world.
I think this world cup is memorable, because not many of the outcomes where predicted. Such as Germany losing in the group stage. Or Spain, the team that I supported loss to Russia in the round of 16. Finally not many people expected that Croatia would make it to the finals.
And this is why I love soccer. This is a game full of unexpected events, yet many people gather around to watch it, and have a good time.
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