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There’s a DaMarcus Beasley Analogy In Here

Jun 22, 2009, 5:15 PM UTC

I’ve been frustrated with whichever B-list director FIFA has sentâ†µdown to the Confederations Cup. B-list director guy has a penchant forâ†µlong, long shots of impassive coaches or South African guys in enormousâ†µhats acting like they’re on speed, showing them in lieu of, you know,â†µthe game. â†µâ†µIt’s one thing to get caught too long on a replay. It’s entirelyâ†µanother to spend 30 seconds going OMGâ†µVUVUZELA* while interesting things are actually happening on theâ†µfield. And it’s a third thing entirely to linger on a coach who isâ†µreacting in no way whatsoever. At that point you might as wellâ†µshow a still shot of a mannequin.â†µ

â†µâ†µBut many sins can be forgiven this man for capturing a strange littleâ†µperson during yesterday’s Brazil-Italy match. Prepare to beâ†µmesmerized:â†µ

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â†µWe finally have an answer for “is there anyone Bob Bradley wouldâ†µstart Freddy Adu over?” Unless the child’s husky stare provesâ†µhypnotizing to the opposition, it’s him.â†µâ†µ*(“Take away the vuvuzela,” says AP sports writer Rafâ†µCasert, “and you take away the essence of the South Africanâ†µfootball fan.” Mr. Casert, this is the idea. When your essenceâ†µconsists of 90 minutes of pointless insectoid droning, it should beâ†µtaken away from you and locked in a box until such time as you are notâ†µannoying the entire world.)â†µ

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