Ivory Coast managed to overturn Japan's 1-0 lead in just a couple of minutes, in the second half. No sooner had Drogba come on as a substitute, than the African players decided to play better and overrun the hard-working Japanese, winning 2-1.
Honda's first goal was a sweet strike of the ball, leaving the keeping flat-footed. The more powerful Ivorians got back into the game though, and had more energy in the latter stages.
The most annoying thing, though, in watching the match on ITV was the commentator's continual fucking use of Cote d'Ivoire instead of Ivory Coast. The inconsistency and annoyance was overwhelming. He mentioned Ivorians rather than Ivoirians, so it suited him to use the English approach for that. In the studio, everyone was happy to speak English, and the score caption on the screen all the way through the game referred to IVC. For some reason, though, Gary Bloom was completely obsessed with referring to the country in French. Thankfully you were not commentating on Angleterre v Italia. I hope Fleur de Gary is pleased with himself.
I note that he did not refer to Japan as Nippon, so please explain that, Gary? I suspect that you were trying to be politically correct, but managed to fuck-up and annoy. If you're given the next game Spain feature in, are we to hear Espana from your lips?
...
No comments:
Post a Comment