Der ball ist rund

“Twenty years are nothing” goes a well-known Argentine tango. But fans are beginning to think otherwise. It has been that long since they have last won the World Cup, not to mention England’s forty. These two archrivals might meet again this time, but let’s not go there yet.

While those memories of ’86 ain’t that fresh, the collections of failures that followed are. They arrived in Japan and Korea bursting with confidence, but had to suffer the humiliation of having to take an early flight back. Drawn into the Group of Death, Chelsea teammates or rather former Chelsea comrades Hernan Crespo and Didier Drogba faces each other in their opening game at Hamburg.

Both strikers will definitely give their defenders details about their weakness before the big KO. On paper, Crespo has an easier task as the Elephants’ defence can at times be shaky. Still, der ball ist rund.