Monday, July 9, 2018
FRANCE-BELGIUM THE REAL FINAL
Final four feature teams who have not won the Cup in at least 20 years
Final four feature teams who have not won the Cup in at least 20 years
HILTON
SANTA BARBARA BEACHFRONT RESORT, CA (smt) -- The first semifinal will
feature the two best teams of the tournament, a pre-final of sorts, with Group C
winners France facing off against Group G Belgium, both undefeated in regulation
and both ranked in the top 7. France rallied from a 2-1 2nd half deficit
to beat 2D-Argentina 4-3 and Belgium rallied from a 2-0 2nd half deficit to beat
2H-Japan in their Round of 16 matches so they have been tested. The second
semifinal features 1D-Croatia which needed to PSO wins against non-group winners
to advance and 2G-England which barely beat G3-Tunisia but did get the PSO
monkey off their back in beating 1H-Colombia. Only 2 of the 8 teams on
this side of the bracket were ranked in the top 11. So will the Final be
anti-climatic? The
current odds: France 2:1, Belgium 2.5:1, England 2.75:1, Croatia 4:1.
English fans are going bonkers over England's success thus
far, especially finally winning a penalty shootout, they believe they are
destined. They are going almost as crazy as buying albums of The
Greatest Showman, which
spent 11 straight weeks at #1 in the U.K. tying Adele of all people.
My son got me to buy the digital version of the movie as he saw it with his
neighborhood friend and after resisting for a long time, got to watch and LOVE
it (ignore the biopic liberties taken). I should never doubt Hugh Jackman
(I highly enjoyed
The Boy From Oz and saw him live on Broadway) in a musical again.
So to link the topics together, below is the actual track list from the movie
(all great songs and damn addictive, even my son and daughter are humming the
tunes) and how it relates to the 2018 World Cup. BTW, each title is linked
to the song courtesy of Atlantic Records. Enjoy!
The Greatest Show: Where it's covered in all the colored lights; Where
the runaways are running the night;
Impossible comes true, it's taking over you; Oh, this is the greatest show.
Indeed, the World Cup is the greatest show on earth and this particular
one has seen the "runaways" running the show with
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