FANTASTIC FOOTBALL FEVER (EPISODE - 20) !!!

Arindam: - Good evening, viewers. Today in this episode of ‘Fantastic Football Fever’ program in your favorite ‘Royal Bengal Tigers (RBT)’ TV Channel, we have invited a famous Portuguese footballer whose name is Pauleta. Mr. Pauleta, welcome to our show. Your Portugal team has scored 7 goals against North Korea in this FIFA World Cup 2010. Portugal team is really looking like a great team to lift this World Cup.

Pauleta: - Yeah, of course. They have the potential to do that. I watched that match. The passing was accurate. All the players were playing ‘one-touch’ football and the shots on goals were accurate enough to beat the opponent’s goalkeeper. Moreover, a player like Ronaldo is always dangerous in the opponent’s penalty area.

Arindam: - There was one time, when you were the only striker of Portugal, who used to lead from the front! All the winning goals used to come from your legs only. Then, Ronaldo came in with his sprinting football from the left flank and you got some support in the forward line. Is it so?

Pauleta: - Ronaldo is a player, who don’t play football by using his brain! His tactics is that whenever he receives the ball, he just tries to enter the opponent’s penalty area, in such a speed, that out of tension, any opponent defender will foul him and Portugal gets a free-kick or a penalty. But, that tactics don’t work with big teams.

Arindam: - Ok, we will continue our discussion, but, before that, let us hear from Mr.ARINAN about the matches between Spain and Portugal.

Mr. ARINAN: - The Red Spanish Bulls were bull-dozing the Portuguese Matadors and the Portuguese Matadors were trying to pierce sharpened sticks on the Spanish Bulls. The entire match was full of attacking and counter-attacking football which made the match more interesting. Both the teams were able to create chances for goals, but, somehow, their finishing was not there. The Portuguese goalkeeper saved at least 3 deadly shots and even Casillas prevented 1 sure-shot header chance for a Portuguese striker. All was going well for Portugal, but, alas, the David Villa constructed another storey in the ‘Victorious Villa’ of Spain. The Portuguese goalkeeper fumbled with the ball and the Spanish Villa became a villain for the Portugal by scoring the winning goal. Spain qualified for the quarter final after defeating their neighbors.

Arindam: - Oh! No! Mr. Pauleta, your team is out of the World Cup and that too after a defeat against Spain.

Pauleta: - Spain is such a team which knows all the pros and cons of the Portugal team. Even if you go by the statistics, Spain’s record is always good against Portugal. Had it been any other team, then surely, Portugal would have beaten them. But, this Spain always plays tactics on our tactics. It is not that Portugal has played very badly against Spain. Luckily, Spain got the winning goal. That’s the difference. Otherwise, the score line could have been 3-3 also. Somehow, the rhythm among the Portugal players was not so good. Consistency in our Portugal team has always been a cause of concern. There is no guarantee that if Portugal wins a match today convincingly; then they will not experience a humiliating defeat from a weaker team in the next match. That’s why; earlier I said that they have the potential to win this World Cup. I have not said with full confidence that Portugal will lift the World Cup.

Arindam: - Ha ha ha…Well, it’s always better luck next time. But, one thing, the people of the World should appreciate that it is due to Spain and Portugal that the Latin Americans have learned to play football. If you go by the World history pages, then you will find that Spanish and the Portuguese discovered the South American territories and conquered it. Bolivia came into existence after the name of Simon Bolivar. Brazil, Argentina and Chile were totally a Spanish colony, including Bolivia. The other countries like Columbia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela were under the Portuguese rulers. USA and Russia came much later. In World history, when the Mughals were ruling in India, at that time, France and England were fighting among themselves for the conquest of Alaska and Canada region. The current USA was then barren lands only with some prairies here and there. Spanish rulers conquered Mexico. The Mayan civilization tasted modernization under Spanish Rule. Then came Portuguese rulers to counter the Spanish rulers and they conquered some portions of South America. So, at that time, there were four Super powers in Western World. They were: - England, France, Spain and Portugal.

Pauleta: - Ha ha ha…you have done too many research, dude. One thing you have missed that in those times, Portuguese traders were the richest traders of the world. Had Vasco da Gama not declared to the whole world that India is a land of rich natural resources, then England and France would have never showed interest to send their trading ships to Indian Peninsula for earning more money.

Arindam: - See the fun! At present, both India and Portugal is a poor country, he he he…anyway, we will end our show here. Mr. Pauleta, thanks for coming to our show. Viewers, just stay tuned for some minutes to hear the match analysis of Japan Vs Paraguay. Good bye and take care.

Mr. ARINAN: - It was simply a boring match. Both the teams were playing for a draw. But, in football also, the theory of ‘No Risk, No Gain’ works. Had Japan taken some risks of playing ‘all out attacking’ football, then they could have easily got at least 2 goals against Paraguay. The defense line-up of Paraguay was weaker than that of Japan. But, Japan did not capitalize on it. Rather, the Samurais played football like the Romans by playing traditional defensive football which proved to be suicidal for Japan only. In any battle, offence is always the best defense. The match went to a tie-breaker. Japanese strikers were taking powerful penalty shots except the left footed Honda who scored a penalty goal with a cool head. One Japanese striker took the penalty shot with so much power that the ball attained some elevation and ultimately the ball hit the bar post. That one mistake was more than enough for Japan to go back home. The tie-breaker ended in 5-3 score line and Paraguay reached the quarter final for the first time in FIFA World Cup history.

FANTASTIC FOOTBALL FEVER (EPISODE - 19) !!!

Arindam: - Oho! Viewers! You people are already sitting in front of your TV sets to watch our program of ‘Fantastic Football Fever’ in your favorite ‘Royal Bengal Tigers (RBT) ‘ TV Channel. Well, there is a famous saying in India that ‘If Brazil has Kaka, then India has Dada’. Now, who is this Dada? Hmm…let us find it out from our guest of today’s episode. He is sitting beside me in this studio. Accha, who is this Dada?

Saurav: - Dada is my nickname. People call me Dada worldwide. My real name is Saurav Chandi Ganguly.

Arindam: - Your name is also Chandi?

Saurav: - It is my father’s name. As his son, I bear his name also.

Arindam: - Are you a South Indian?

Saurav: - No, I am a Bengali person. If I would have been a South Indian, then my name will be Behala Barisha Chandi Saurav Ganguly….ha ha ha…after all, in South India, people add their birthplace name and father’s name in their own name.

Arindam: - Anyway, forget that topic. Accha, which football team is your favorite in this World Cup of 2010?

Saurav: - Is there any other team, which plays better than Brazil? Of course, I am a die-hard fan of Brazil. Kaka, Robinho, Fabiano and other Brazilian footballers are just fabulous. Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and Romario were also good footballers.

Arindam: - Hmm…Dada of India is a fan of Kaka of Brazil. That’s great. Ok, let us hear from Mr. ARINAN about the match between Brazil and Chile.

Mr. ARINAN: - The Red Hot Chile footballers were looking like Cool Cucumbers. What kind of spikes, the Chilean strikers were wearing is still a mystery, because, at least for 7 times in that match, the Chilean strikers were stumbling with the ball after receiving it in the Brazilian penalty area. The Maicon’s shot was too perfect for Juan to score the first goal for Brazil with a header. After that first blood, the Brazil team never looked back. Fabiano got an easy chance and converted it to a goal. Robinho scored the third one. Again, Kaka was shown the Yellow Card. Chile never looked like a team with any rhythm in this match. They were playing mindless football. Only for 2-3 instances, Cesar was really challenged; otherwise, it was just another cool day for the Brazilian goalkeeper. The Samba people defeated the western neighboring country of Argentina by 3-0.

Arindam: - Oh! Brazil has qualified for the quarter final. You must be a very happy man, Mr. Ganguly. Accha, have you ever played football in your life?

Saurav: - Ha ha ha…many people don’t know that in my childhood days, I used to play football only. In my school also, I was famous as a footballer only. My elder brother, Snehasish used to play cricket in Barisha playground and occasionally I used to watch him practicing at the nets. I always had a dream that one day; I will play for East Bengal football club. But, suddenly, in my youth days, I started playing cricket and then never looked back at all.

Arindam: - What? You are not a Ghoti. You are a Bangaal. That’s so sad. I am a Mohun Bagan supporter, that’s why; I am very disappointed to know that you are a supporter of East Bengal. Anyway, that’s your personal choice. Accha, you were one of the best captains of Indian Cricket. You were on the verge of lifting a World Cup for India. But, still, the Mumbai lobby started pouncing on you, because you hail from Eastern zone of India and that too from Bengal. Marathi people always try to bully the Bengali people. But, still you continued your fight against them, even when you were having bad patches as a batsman. The biggest blunder you did was to select Mr.Greg Chappell as a coach of Indian Cricket Team. The middle-fingered maniac and pervert, Mr.Chappell soon got transformed into a ‘Great Australian Chappall’ for the Indians. Ultimately, you won the battle. You came back to the International Cricket with a bang. Hardly, the world cricket has seen such a comeback in the past. That’s why; you are still the ‘Dada’ of India.

Saurav: - Ha ha ha…well, how I can forget those days! I should have played a football match against Chappell, though he would have got the Red Card within 5 minutes of the match, but, at least, I would have scored 5 goals in that match.

Arindam: - Australians are racists. Basically, they are the goons of Britain only, who were kept as captives in the Australia Island. Accha, why is India not doing well in football? Still, the FIFA ranking of India is 133. You have played football in your childhood. Still at this age, you play some charity football match also. So, you have a good idea about this game. What is wrong with Indian football in your opinion?

Saurav: - It is not that India does not have good footballers, but, somehow, they don’t get proper coaching and opportunities to excel further. In Cricket, BCCI is a very organized body, which controls and co-operates with all the state level Cricket Associations of India. But, AIFF is not as efficient as BCCI. There is lack of effective co-ordination between AIFF and the state level football clubs. Unless there is a demand for good footballers, the supply of players will not come. There is IPL, that’s why; there is a demand for cricketers. So, all school children automatically get motivation to play cricket. But, in football, only Goa and Bengal people have some spirit towards the game, otherwise, no one cares to play football.

Arindam: - Hmm…I got your point. Thanks for coming to our show, Mr. Ganguly. Viewers, we will end our show here, but stay tuned for some more minutes because Mr. ARINAN has something to say regarding the match between Netherlands and Slovakia.

Mr. ARINAN: - the Dutch man, Robben robbed the match from the Slovakians by scoring a goal with his left footed shot. Later on, the Dirk Kuit gave a superb pass to Sneijder and Sneijdar did no mistake to score the second goal. Slovakians forgot to play that attacking game in this match, which they played against Italy, the defending champions. The Orange men won the match with 2-1 score line because in the last 20 seconds of the match, Vittek scored a penalty goal for the Slovakians.

FANTASTIC FOOTBALL FEVER (EPISODE - 18) !!!

Arindam: - Good evening, viewers. Tonight in our show of ‘Fantastic Football Fever’ in your favorite ‘Royal Bengal Tigers (RBT)’ TV Channel, we have with us in our studio, the President of the FIFA World Cup 2010 organizing committee, Mr. Danny Jordan. Welcome to our show, Mr. Jordan. Your surname is the name of a small country also. First of all, our viewers want to know that at present how many football playing nations are there in this planet?

Jordan: - Around 211 nations. But, for this World Cup 2010, only 204 nations participated in the qualifiers. The qualifying round started at the end of 2007 and in 2009, the 32 teams got qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2010.

Arindam: - Suddenly, why FIFA decided to make South Africa as a venue? Do you people badly wanted to improve the economy of South Africa?

Jordan: - Ha ha ha…nothing like that. See, FIFA has its own rule of rotating the venue of every World Cup. Earlier, World Cup used to be hosted by either European or Latin American countries. But, now, the policy has changed. All the 6 continents of the World will get the chance to host the FIFA World Cup. Not a single continent can host two FIFA World Cup tournaments consecutively.

Arindam: - Why Antarctica is not in the FIFA list?

Jordan: - He he he…Who will watch the football match in Antarctica? Is it the Penguins only! I am not ruling out Antarctica totally. Maybe, who knows in later stage, we can formulate a game of ‘Ice Football’ for the polar countries. If there is Ice hockey, then why there cannot be any Ice football. Canada, Alaska, Russia, Greenland, Norway, Iceland, Arctic region people as well as Antarctica region scientists can participate in that ‘Ice Football’ game. Even in Winter Olympics, we can include the game of Ice Football. Now, coming to your question that, why we chose South Africa? We have not chosen any particular country at all. When FIFA decided that in 2010, a country from Africa will be given the opportunity to host the World Cup, 6 African nations placed their bids for it. The 6 African nations were: - Morocco, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and South Africa. Later on, Libya and Tunisia jointly placed their bids to increase their chances. But, South Africa thrashed them all in the bidding process. I will not disclose the bid money here, but, South Africa’s bidding call was at least 1.5 times more than the runners-up.

Arindam: - Many people are still confused about the mascot of this World Cup. I also don’t have any idea about it.

Jordan: - The mascot for FIFA World Cup 2010 is ‘Zakumi’. It is a special leopard of South Africa, but not the Cheetah.

Arindam: - Oh! Now I understand! Even the mascot of the Commonwealth Game, which will be hosted in India in 2010, is ‘Shera’, the Royal Bengal Tiger. After all, Royal Bengal Tiger is the national animal of India. Mr. Jordan, FIFA has so much money, but, still, why you people are not doing anything to improve the Indian football?

Jordan: - Hey, now, you have started mudslinging like the other media people. FIFA supports each and every football playing nation to improve their football. Don’t blame FIFA by saying that they have not done anything for Indian football. The problem lies elsewhere. There is no motivation among the people of India to create a good infrastructure for football at the root level. I have visited India. I can see there are many Cricket Coaching camps for school boys here and there in India, but, hardly, I have seen any Football Coaching Center. You go and visit any European country or any Latin American country; you can see that after every 2-3 lanes, there is a football coaching camp, with a new club name. In Europe or Latin America, people start playing football, when they are in class- IV only. But in India, the ‘Physical Education or Training / Sports’ is an optional subject in schools. Even I have observed that children of rich families play Cricket and of poor families play football.

Arindam: - hmm…I can understand, Mr. Jordan. Even nowadays in the age of Computer games, students don’t go to the playground to play a game physically. They just spend their late afternoons in playing ‘EA Sports’ Game or ‘Car Racing’ games. Mr. Jordan, this Jabulani ball has become a topic of discussion. Is the ball too hard to handle.

Jordan: - The Jabulani has been manufactured by Adidas. So, it has to be a perfect football, but, yes, the surface of this ball is harder than the previous ones. But, it hardly matters! Everyone is playing football by wearing spikes only. Maybe, some goalkeepers have complained that due to its hardened surface, the Jabulani often rebounds from their gloves. But, that hardly matters for the game of football. You cannot satisfy each and every footballer at the same time.

Arindam: - Where from you got this surprising name ‘Jabulani’? It sounds awkward.

Jordan: - Ha ha ha…well, Arindam, let me tell you that ‘Jabulani’ is an African word, as far as I know. In Africa, the word ‘Jabulani’ means ‘Bringing Joy to everyone’.

Arindam: - What joy, Mr. Jordan? The poor South African people don’t even get meals twice a day to survive. Unlike IPL, FIFA is not at all doing anything for the poor people of South Africa. In 2009, IPL got so much respect from the South African people because many sponsors came forward to take some initiatives for the poor little children of South Africa, who were unable to go to school due to poverty.

Jordan: - IPL has got so many sponsors. After English Premier League, the Indian Premier League is the best avenue for earning money both for the Team owners and the players. Sponsors get the best opportunity to market their products through IPL. FIFA is not like that. FIFA don’t get too many sponsors.

Arindam: - No, no, Mr. Jordan, I don’t agree to you. I have the facts and figures with me. In the last fiscal year only, FIFA has earned profits, which is around 3.78 times more than that earned by ICC. Don’t worry; I will not disclose the exact amount. Don’t say that FIFA is not having any money. In this tournament, every participant team got around 1 million USD for practicing and training. The teams which went out in the group stage got 7 million USD each. The teams which will go out in the round of 16 get 10 million USD each. The losing quarter finalists will get 19 million USD each. The losing Semi-finalists will get 21 million USD each. The runners-up will get 25 million USD and the World Cup Champion team will get 30 million USD. That is, at least 400 million USD will be the expense for the prize money distribution only and you are saying that FIFA has no money. How funny! Anyway, we will continue our discussion, but before that, let us hear about the matches of England Vs Germany and Argentina Vs Mexico from Mr. ARINAN.

Mr. ARINAN: - The Germans were playing the car racing game and the English were playing the Snake game. In a Car race, the car speeds up in a straight line, whereas, in a Snake Game, the Snake swirls here and there with a much slower speed. The speed created the difference. The goal kick from the German goalkeeper was more than enough for Klose to score the goal. The British defense was looking vulnerable. Podolski scored the 2^nd goal. England strikers were unlucky. Two of their shots hit the German bar post and went out. Gerrard, as a captain, did his best by scoring a goal. The fiery shots of Lampard was on target, but, unlike the case of 1966, this time a sure-shot goal was denied to the England team by the lines-man. FIFA is yet to implement the latest technology to judge goals or fouls. FIFA has not progressed in scientific and technological implementations. They remained in the same confusing position in 2010; what they were in 1966. In the 2^nd half, the seaside castle of England collapsed due to two cannon balls fired from the German submarine. The two cannon balls were the two deadly shots from the 20 years old German, Thomas Mueller. Germany thrashed England by 4-1. Even Adolf Hitler was dancing with joy in the heaven after seeing this match. In another battle, Mexico started off well, but, a clear cut offside goal from Tevez was enough to break the concentration of the Aztecs. The Red Indians came back only in the 2^nd half with a goal from Hernandez. Otherwise, Argentina rocked the show with Higuain and Tevez. The second goal of Tevez was one of the best goals in this tournament. But, Messi is still unlucky to get a goal in this tournament, even after performing those terrific left-footed dribbles. Maradona’s Magical Men defeated the Red Indians of Mayan Civilization by 3-1 to clash with the countrymen of Hitler in the Quarter Final. Whoever wins that match will either be the runners-up or the World Champion of this tournament.

Arindam: - Mr. Jordan, that’s a shameful day for FIFA. Two wrong decisions taken by the Lines-men. Even a little child will say that the England was denied a sure-shot goal and Argentina got the 1^st goal in a clear-cut off-side. Somehow, for the first time, people saw that a referee is having a headphone and also consulting with the Lines-men for 5 minutes about a goal. FIFA should learn from ICC now, about how to use technology in taking fair and neutral decisions. In Cricket, there is a ‘Third-Umpire’. In Lawn Tennis, any player can appeal for ‘Video-Camera’ visuals to take a correct decision. Even in hockey also, a team can appeal for the ‘Second Referee’, who will give the right decision after seeing the video of the incident. But, in football, which is played by more than 200 nations, don’t have a technology to judge whether a decision taken by a referee or a lines-man is right or wrong.

Jordan: - We will implement it in 2014.

Arindam: - What is so special about 2014? Is Sir Issac Newton going to take a re-birth in 2014? What is wrong with 2010? What was wrong in 2002 and 2006? Mr. Jordan, implement the latest technology now, otherwise, it will be a shame for FIFA only. The whole world is watching the FIFA World Cup 2010. They will just laugh at you and your FIFA. When they will shout the ‘Boo Boo’ sound by pointing fingers at you, how will you feel as the Organizing Committee President of this FIFA World Cup 2010?

Jordan: - Ok, ok, we will surely do some ad-hoc arrangement so that a referee and lines-men can consult with the ‘Second Referee’ to take the correct decision. But, the players have to appeal for the ‘Video-Camera’ decision; otherwise, the referee will not consult the ‘Second Referee’.

Arindam: - Well, already the FIFA is under the scanner. Let us see, what kind of technological arrangements will be made by FIFA for the forthcoming matches of this tournament. Anyway, thanks for coming to our show. Viewers, we will end our show here. Don’t forget to watch our next episode. Take care and Good night.

FANTASTIC FOOTBALL FEVER (EPISODE - 17) !!!

Arindam: - Good Evening, viewers. Tonight in our show, we have invited in our studio a very special person of USA. His name is Bill Clinton. He is the former President of USA cum the husband of Hillary Clinton. Mr. Clinton, welcome to our show.

Clinton: - Thank you. Wow! What a studio it is indeed! This studio of your ‘Royal Bengal Tigers (RBT)’ TV Channel looks like a spaceship. Everywhere, I can see some modern electronic gadgets, play stations with simulated environment, touch-screens and data -extraction kiosks. The light is bluish out here. Hey, what is that?

Arindam: - That’s a robot which works like an ‘Artificial Intelligence Analyzer’ toolbox. The name of the robot is Mr. ARINAN.

Clinton: - Wow! That’s great. Good evening; Mr. ARINAN, how are you?

Mr. ARINAN: - I am fine. I am a robot. I have no tension at all. I don’t have to eat, drink or let all things out from my body. I have only two activities. Either I am in activation mode (awake) or in de-activation mode (sleeping).

Clinton: - Ha ha ha…what a funny answer! God should have created only robots instead of human beings, he he he…

Arindam: - Mr. Clinton, may be you are not aware of the fact that self-controlled robot can also be created, but the problem is that it will destroy the whole world. Therefore, it is always feasible to create a robot, which remains under the control of humans.

Clinton: - Hmm…Indian scientists are very intelligent. I must appreciate that.

Arindam: - That’s why; NASA is repeatedly offering high lucrative pay package to our Indian Space Scientists to do the brain drain from India. Scientists are now not working for ISRO but for the NASA of USA. As a net result, the ISRO is failing in some of its projects like the recent one regarding the launch of GSLV-D3, the cryogenic engine rocket.

Clinton: - Come on, Arindam. For one failed operation, you cannot take all the credit away from ISRO. In Space Research, failures are the pillars of success. If you fail for the first time, then you will learn from the mistakes. I think that the combustion box of that cryogenic engine was too small to handle the pressure, that’s why; after going for around more than 500 Km, it did not got separated from the main engine to trigger itself. Arindam, don’t forget that it is ISRO only which is the first space research center in the world to prove that there is water on the moon. NASA just re-examined the moon’s surface to confirm it.

Arindam: - When you people know all these facts and figures very well, then why NASA is yet to work in collaboration with ISRO?

Clinton: - Then you may not be aware of the fact that already NASA is willing to work with ISRO and the space research center of Russia and other countries.

Arindam: - Well, Mr. Clinton, how is Monica Lewinsky?

Clinton: - She is fine, I hope. After all, she utilized me to come to the limelight. But, thanks to God, that I had the ‘Hillary’ medicine with me and her regular doses helped me to get well soon both physically and mentally.

Arindam: - Yeah, after all, Hillary is a hilarious ‘better half’ of yours, but, I really wonder, how you fell in the sleazy trap of Monica, despite having such an attractive wife like Hillary. USA is a very modern a liberal country where women molests a man but a man never dares to rape any girl. I have hardly heard that a girl has been raped in USA. Rather I have heard that a 13 year old boy has become a father because the school nurses failed to provide him a condom.

Clinton:- Ha ha ha…uff, Arindam, your statements are funnier than your appearance, he he he…But, in India, at least 9 girls get physically abused, molested or raped in a hour and in many cases, the minor girls become the victim. I have heard about lots of rape cases in Pune, Delhi and Goa. Poor and minor girls are treated like toilet soaps in India. That’s a shame.

Arindam: - Mr. Clinton, extra-marital affairs in India does not fall under any sex scandal category. In India, if you are a powerful married man or woman and not indulged in extra-marital affairs, then you will not get respect from your subordinates or society people, but, if you sexually abuse, molest or rape any girl, then it is treated as a criminal offence. Whereas in USA, if a married person has extra-marital affairs, then it becomes a criminal offence but if an unmarried person sleeps with any girl, it is just normal. Take the example of Tiger Woods only. Tiger Woods has not raped or molested any girl. She just had love affairs with many girls including porn stars. The girls who have seduced Tiger Woods to earn money are not guilty but the Tiger Woods, because the Tiger has a wife. How funny it is indeed! The Tiger should have kept all the birds of his woods inside a cage.

Clinton: - Hmm…in USA, the media people just need a reason to whitewash any celebrity or powerful person. That’s why; every now and then, there are cases of homicides and suicides of USA celebrities.

Arindam:- He he he…In developing countries, the girls always complain that why the boys will always have fun, but in developed countries, the girls do all the fun and point fingers at the boys by stating that the boys don’t have any moral values. See the fun! Anyway, forget that topic. Mr. Clinton, recently you have been spotted in a football stadium of South Africa. Is it true? What were you doing there? Was Monica there in that stadium? He he he….

Clinton: - No, there was no Monica there, but, our countrymen was there to play football with Ghana in the round of 16.

Arindam: - Oh! Yes, you are right. I just forgot about the topic of football while chatting with you. Now, look, what this robot, Mr. ARINAN will do for us. He will give the analysis of the match between Ghana and USA.

Clinton: - Wow! That’s great. I have never experienced in my life that a robot is giving the analysis of any football match. Let me hear it.

Mr. ARINAN: - The Black Stars of Africa clashed with the countrymen of Abraham Lincoln. Ghana dominated the match with their speed and power. USA lacked that speed but put up a great fight against them. It was the ‘Prince’ of Ghana, who scored a ‘Princely’ goal but not in a princely style. It was just a simple shot, which was enough to beat the USA goalkeeper. The Kingson acted like the son of a King of Ghana. The goalkeeper showed his expertise to tackle any US striker with his two legs. Kingson saved at least 5 goals for Ghana. All was going well for Ghana, but USA suddenly increased their attack in the 2^nd half. In all their previous matches, USA came back from behind after the 80^th minute of the match. They repeated the same story here also. After 80^th minute, USA got a penalty and Donovan utilized it, but was lucky enough that the ball entered the goal post after hitting the bar post. The match went into extra-time. Everyone was expecting something extra in this extra-time and the ‘Gyan’ of Ghana fulfilled that expectation by scoring a golden goal with his terrific left-footed shot. In the extra-time, USA failed to come back from behind and the neighboring country of Ivory Coast and Nigeria qualified for the quarter final.

Arindam: - Oops! Mr. Clinton. USA failed to come back from behind this time. By the way, is USA expert in coming back from behind? If that is so, then why, the US economy is yet to recover? Do you think that Barack Obama is a good President of USA?

Clinton: - Ha ha ha…USA always comes back from behind but not in all instances. Arindam, what can a President of a country do, if the people of that country don’t understand the basic meaning of the word ‘savings’. Japan, South Africa, Brazil, China and India are the super economic powers of the future because the people of these countries know how to keep a balance between the income and the expenditure so that their savings become more than sufficient for them to sustain and lead a healthy life. But, in USA, if a person earns 100 bucks a day, then he will spend 98 bucks in that day itself. The next day, he will take a bank loan of 500 bucks to enjoy and party with his friends. So, if no one is keeping their money in their savings account in a bank, then where from the banks will get money and utilize it elsewhere to earn profit on that investment. Economy of any country is governed by the common people of that country, not by the President, Prime Minister or Finance Minister of that country. A President or Finance Minister can only implement a financial policy, but the common man has to realize the essence of saving their hard-earned money.

Arindam: - Well, Mr. Clinton, you are saying these things from the US economy perspective. It is a different ball game in India due to the population outburst. In India, there are lots of savings but hardly any profit on that money. A super power economy should maintain an optimum balance between investing money on market to earn more profits and saving money in the bank to secure it. In USA, people chase the inflation and in India, inflation chases the common man. That’s why; Indian economy still relies on US economy. So, we will hope that in the football match between ‘Global Recession’ and ‘Economic Growth’, the economic growth should come back from behind to win the match as early as possible and for that the strict financial regulation is a must at the root level of all the global financial transactions, otherwise, it will take another 2 years to recover from the global recession.

Clinton: - Yeah, you are partially correct, but, only USA cannot change the economy of the world. All the countries should co-operate with each other in this regard. Had Europe been more supportive towards the financial policy of USA, then there would have been no Greece and London crisis. You never know, what is waiting for Spain, Portugal and Hungary! We, the US people have learnt our lesson of liberal financing, but, now, we are tightening our screws from all ends and we hope that like in any football match of this World Cup, US economy will also come back from behind to revive the World Economy as a much faster rate than it was expected.

Arindam: - Let us see, what happens in future! Anyway; Mr. Clinton, thanks for coming to our show and sharing your valuable views. Viewers, before I sign out from this program, Mr. ARINAN has something to say regarding the match between South Korea and Uruguay. So, just stay tuned for another 5 minutes.

Mr .ARINAN:- The Blue Stars of Latin America played their terrific traditional football to beat the red brigade of Asia. South Koreans played better football than they played in the group stage, but, somehow, their defense failed to understand the tricks of Uruguay strikers. Forlan proved to be one of the smartest players for Uruguay to give a superb pass to Suarez. The ball went past the four South Korean footballers who were standing in a same straight line like fools. The South Korean goalkeeper also failed to grab the ball. Suarez got the ball in his feet and was bang on the target. A few minutes earlier of that moment, the South Korean striker was unlucky as his swinging free-kick hit the Uruguay bar post and came back. But, Chunyoung scored the equalizer for South Korea. Everyone was expecting an extra-time, but, Suarez changed the result. He got a ball in the South Korean penalty area and took a superb swinging shot. The Jabulani hit the bar post but still entered the South Korean goal post. The final score was 2-1. The small neighboring country of Argentina and Brazil, which won the 1^st World Cup football, became the 1^st quarter finalist of FIFA World Cup 2010. They achieved this feat after a long gap of 40 years.