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Here's Mud in Your Knickers
You have to question the timing. This year's World Cup is being held bang in the middle of Japan's monsoon season, when the Land of the Rising Sun becomes the Land of the Rising Sewer. The Japan Information Network, a website sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, describes the weather: "From around early June to mid-July, as spring gives way to summer, most of Japan is subject to a period of rainy weather called tsuyu. Day in and day out, the sky remains gloomy, and temperatures and humidity rise. It is probably the least pleasant time of the year." Japan has 10 modern stadiums for World Cup play, but only two feature covered pitches. Perfect conditions, in other words, for that form of soccer familiar in rainy climes the world over as slimeball. |
