I know I am at Supanova .....

..... when there is an Imperial Stormtrooper at the urinal to my left and Boba Fett at the urinal to my right! Supanova was very crowded today and queues were long for everything but it seemed to be well organised, with many more helpers on hand just about everywhere I turned. Things moved faster and smoother than they did in 2008, the last time I went.

( Fun over signatures follows. )

( What I bought. )

World Cup Game #49

This game between Korea Republic and Uruguay showed both teams in a classical light - Uruguay scored on an early break and the then stood back, satisfied, it seemed to spend the next 82 minutes defending that one goal lead. Korea, on the other hand, ran and passed and then ran some more and passed some more and then ran even more and then ..... well, you get the picture! Eventually, the Koreans were successful after a bad mix-up between Muslera the keeper and Lugano meant thet both went for the same ball, giving the Koreans an easy header in. They took a while but the Uruguayans eventually took back the lead off a glorious Suarez shot, giving him his second goal for the game. The Koreans cane desperately close to getting an equaliser but Lugano redeemed himself by clearing off the line and so the Urguayns won 2-1, being the first team into the quarter finals.

World Cup Game #50

The game had barely begun when Boateng scored a brilliant individual goal to put Ghana 1-0 up. The US, although clearly rocked, took the game to Ghana but lacked a real finisher for a lot of the moves. Ghana, to their credit didn't put up shop either, and so the game turned into an exciting contest for long periods of time. The US eventually drew level to a Donovan penalty but apart from that, Kingson, the Ghanaian keeper, saved everything the Americans fired at him, long range or short. This meant it was 1-1 at full-time so extra time was needed. In an almost exact copy of the opening minutes, the Ghanaians scored through another wonderful individual effort, this time from Gyan. The US hammered forward after this and put the Ghanaians under immense pressure but Kingson saved everything that came near him. The game finished 2-1 to Ghana at the end of extra time, putting Ghana through to a quarter final against Uruguay.