Celebrations
The giant screen inside the stadium flashes the word GOAL every time a team scores at the World Cup. During India matches,if the home team strikes,the message appears with suitable adjectives: SUPER GOAL and Great Goal. It would be wrong,though,to say that those who operate the screens only favour the home team. After England defeated India 3-2 to qualify for the semi-finals,it said: Congratulations Australia.
Family matters
After their loss against Argentina that ruled them out of the semi-final race,New Zealand will have only themselves to blame or,make it,Ryan Archibald to blame. Ryan,son of James Archibald who was part of the team that won the country8217;s only hockey gold at Montreal,missed a penalty stroke in the first half. He beat the Argentine goalkeeper,but managed to find the left bar.