It was 1994 when I watched the first full world cup of my life. Inspired by a lot of motivational stories from the news, comic book, and the atmosphere, I started to show a lot of interests in soccer. My brother and I cut out color paper of all 24 countries participated in the event and glued them into a book where we kept records of the scores and the players. Nowadays there's the internet, nobody would do that anymore. It was USA 94 and because it was in the USA, there were lots of hopes and dreams for me. It was emotional to see a Nigerian player hugging the nets, kissing the ground when scoring a goal. I saw a lot of resemblances from the world cup today with the one in 1994. There are lots of coaches who were players in 94 (Maradona, Dunga...). It was also the year South Africa started to see democracy. And today, they host the world's biggest event. Hopefully, this world cup will set aside a lot of differences and bring people together. I will try to watch every game I can... With that in mind let the game begin!!!
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