Posted on 06/17/2014 10:58:24 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Thirty-two of the world's best football teams are now competing for the iconic golden World Cup trophy -- but the planet's most populous nation is not among them.
Team China failed to qualify for the "beautiful game's" showpiece event in Brazil. In fact China's World Cup dream turned into a nightmare as early as 2011, when it was eliminated in a regional qualifying round.
But for all the interest in football in this country of more than one billion people, it is a huge source of frustration that they can't field a competitive national team.
"China's weakness in football is a pain point and there is certainly an ambition to improve," said Scott Kronick, President of Ogilvy Public Relations Asia Pacific. Indeed, a multitude of Chinese -- from the state president, to a Peking University student, to a Beijing taxi driver -- share one Chinese dream: that Team China will one day win in the World Cup finals.
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Really! Ouch. That is going to smart.
must go, ‘night.
We want to achieve something great with young players. Its young people who want to triumph in life.
Me too, good nights.
Now we need Croatia to beat Meh-Hee-Co.
Spain’s still 2 time Euro Cup Champs of Europe, nobody has done it, if they grabbed a 3rd in 2016, I doubt anyone could ever do that. They should try to shore up their losses and make that a target.
Some news outlets suggest C. Ronaldo’s cup could be over with his injury, does not appear he is totally healthy from the game the other day.
Tim Cahill has now scored more World Cup goals (5) than Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney combined (4).
I’ll give “Match of the 70s” a go. Thanks for the recommendation!
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