Soccer in the Homeland

I recently watched a documentary about the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. I was extremely interested in watching this because it pairs two of my favorite things: Sports and Africa. It showed how the World Cup brings lots of tourists and job opportunities to the people of Africa and how it is extremely beneficial to them but also shows how the building of stadiums has displaced communities. I'm not sure where I stand on the opinion of "who really wins" FIFA vs. the people of Africa but I do know this, Africans are proud people. They love their nation and have so much pride and hospitality that even though hard times may come throughout this event the end result is a happy one. One of my favorite parts of the whole documentary was when they ask 5 African's from 5 different countries if they believed South Africa could win the World Cup. Despite the fact that winning the World Cup is near impossible for the South African team let alone making the final four they actually whole heartily believe they are going to win. One man said ...

"I am a patriotic south african. I will never say that south africa will not win the world cup, I still have hope. In actual fact we are like a snake you must not come to our own hole and think you'll get away with it."