Soccer mania soon to grip the world
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
The FIFA World Cup Football tournament is only four weeks away for its grand opening. The football fans of the world are eagerly waiting for this mega event. This time, the World Cup tournament will be held in Brazil and undoubtedly, it is the superpower of the soccer world. The tournament will come to Asia, in Qatar, but we have to wait till 2022 for that.
The Bangladeshi football fans will sacrifice their sleep at night as it will be held at midnight in Bangladesh. Sixty-four matches will be played to decide the World Champion. Each participating team will receive at least US$ 8 million. The World Champions will receive US$ 35 million, while the runners-up team will get US$ 25 million. Thousands of spectators are ready to flock to Brazil once the tournament begins. Although I cannot go to Brazil, I will not miss any match of Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy and of course our Asian teams like Japan, Iran and South Korea. Television sellers will have a brisk business as many people will be in queue to buy a new or better one. I hope the World Cup soccer will quench the thirst of football crazy people of the world.
Rumana Sharmeen
The University of Dhaka