Miguel Gonnzalez 05/03/2011

World Cup

The 2010 World Cup did not look good for my country. We never won a World Cup before; we had never even passed the quarter finals. The big selections like Brazil or Argentina were the big favourites. My country even had many important injuries right before the star of the championship. Also my national team lost the first game. Spain did not give up and end up with the cup in the hands of the nation. Incredibly the whole nation, which was divided by different politic beliefs, was unified by the belief that the national team could win and bring glory and a new fellowship between the population of Spain.

Spain was going through different problems: economic problems and the country was divided. The economic problem has not been solved yet and it will not be solved for some years. Winning the World Cup made Spain more known around the world and gave them a boost to the nation’s economy. People now know Spain for something else. Much more tourist came to Spain during the same and they will still came for some more years. The country has been divided for a very long time. It has been divided by politic beliefs. Some people who want their region to be separated from Spain are trying to expose their ideas to the other population in the same region who really do not want to change. This has been a huge affair since 1900s and all during the dictatorship that Franco imposed. Even a terrorist group was created. It was awesome to see how the main sport in my country united everyone even if it was just for a few weeks. Everyone was celebrating the triumph and people who had completely beliefs were embracing each other.
Spain, a country with many problems, was unified by a great performance of the soccer team. It was so important for me to see my country unified for once, which means that it can be unified again and for a longer time. All the problems and differences were forgotten. Many affairs were improved It marked my life and the lives of many of my comrades. It is incredible to see how a goal in the mint 116 when there were just four minutes left affected me and so many people’s lives.