Well, my name is Whetu Ngapo (AKA Christian McIntyre ''Chris'' or ''Hunter'' Fallon/Imanolchristian all according to my alter-ego persona (Compared to Rejean ''Giuseppe Pedersen'' Gatineau & his 3 children, Eric (Guliano Richtsteiner), Tom (Tommy G) & Rachelle (Ayako Bianchi) as well as his niece, Natalie and I am 23 years old...but of course, 2 years & a month on after my debut blog has brought to life so this is the Rules Of The Game Of Thrones 3 (Or #rulesofthegameofthrones3, according to the excessive use of twitter terminologies): The Complete Trilogy, now...in this blog, I will preview about the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2014 being held in Brazil as well as the reigning champion #allblacks facing the hosts of next year's #rugbyworldcup, England...in a 3 match test series, believe that.
But 1st off, it is #worldcup fever time in #brazil as it plays host to this years tournament so I will give you the rundown on all 32 teams playing in the Group Stages:
Group A: Brazil/Brasil (Host nation & of course, 5 time Winners in 1958, '62, '70, '94 & 2002 (The star player for Brazil is @Neymar, Playing for FC Barcelona in Spain's domestic football competition, La Liga & Coached by @LuizFelipe''Phil''Scolari), Croatia (One of the dark horses who last appeared at a World Cup stage in 2006 (With @LukaModric (From the Champions League winning outfit, Real Madrid) & @MarioMandzukic (All the way from Bayern Munich) as it's star players), Mexico (Who beat our All Whites to qualify in the Intercontinental playoffs (Also featuring in the squad is @Javier''Chicharito''Hernandez of Manchester United) & Cameroon (Led by Chelsea's @SamuelEto'o).
Group B: Spain/España (Defending Champions + Several World Cup Winning players are involved in the squad including @Iniesta, @Xavi, @XabiAlonso (from Real Madrid), @DavidVilla (Atletico Madrid), @FernandoTorres (Chelsea), @CescFabregas & the star Goalkeeper & Captain, @IkerCasillas), Netherlands (Who missed out a chance to beat Spain 4 years ago to lift the trophy & coached by the new Manchester United manager/head coach @LouisvanGaal as well as the star players such as @Robin''RVP''vanPersie (Who is the team captain/squad leader) of Man United & @ArjenRobben from Bayern Munich in Germany's Bundesliga), Chile & Australia (AKA the Socceroos, which has got @TimCahill (Who plays for New York Red Bulls in America's Major League Soccer).
Group C: Colombia (Last qualifed in 1998), Greece (Euro 2004 Champions), Cote d'Ivoire (Captained by @DidierDrogba of Galatasaray) & Japan (Coached by Italian Alberto Zaccheroni + several players involved in the squad including @KeisukeHonda of AC Milan (Balotelli's club) & @ShinjiKagawa of Manchester United (Van Persie's club).
Group D: Uruguay (Winners of the 1st World Cup held in 1930, also won in 1950 (Featuring @LuisSuarez as a key player who plays for Liverpool in the Premier League as well as being the one who got sent off for that blatant handball challenge 4 years ago against Ghana in the quarterfinals), Costa Rica (Got beaten by Uruguay in 2010 in a Intercontinental playoff (And yeah, not only because Nan, Pops & Aunt Tania went to Costa Rica, and then all of a sudden, the locals think that their team failed to qualify, leaving them stunned & not so happy), but now qualified for this year's tournament (The people of Costa Rica are now very, very happy indeed), England (1966 Winners captained by @StevenGerrard of Liverpool (Luis Suarez's club), with @WayneRooney (Of Man United) as key player) & Italy/Italia (4x Winners in 1934, '38, '82 & 2006 (And also featuring @MarioBalotelli (An AC Milan (A club playing along with AS Roma, Juventus & Napoli in Italy's Serie A) player who was impressed in Euro 2012) as it's danger man).
Group E: Switzerland/Schweiz/Suisse, Ecuador (Did not qualify at the last tournament in 2010, which was held in South Africa), France (1998 Winners + @FranckRibery (Bayern Munich), is the key player for Les Bleus, but unfortunately, he got injured as a result so in all of a sudden, he cannot play in this years tournament according to ''the King'', Leon Benbaruk or @LBTheKing according to his would be twitter name (Married to the Danish Terminator since a decade ago, Hanne the great or should I say @DanishTerminatorHanne), as I spoke to him on the phone during my 23rd) & Honduras.
Group F: Argentina (2x Winners in 1978 & '86, captained by @Lionel''Leo''Messi of FC Barcelona (Neymar's club), Bosnia-Herzegovina (Debutants featuring a star player, playing for Manchester City (Who recently won the Premier League last month),
@EdinDžeko), Iran (1st Appearance at a World Cup since 2006) & Nigeria.
Group G: Germany/Deutschland (3x Winners in 1954, '74 & '90 under the West Germany name (Captained by Bayern Munich's @PhilippLahm), Portugal (Led by Real Madrid's star player, @Cristiano''CR7''Ronaldo), Ghana & the United States (Coached by former German international, @JürgenKlinsmann).
And last but not least, Group H, which is Belgium/Belgique (And another one of the dark horses who last qualified in 2002 & led by Manchester City's @VincentKompany, who is part of the golden generation of players such as @RomeluLukaku & @EdenHazard (Both from Chelsea), Algeria, Russia (Also last qualified in 2002, just like Belgium & hosts of the next FIFA World Cup, in 2018) & Korea Republic.
And who is going to win it, we will find it out, once the tournament's over before we know it, but all will be revealed.
But enough with that football/soccer stuff now brother but not only because of my football player knowledge carry-on as we go to our 1st rugby test match of 2014 not only our very own reigning champion All Blacks outfit have named a 31 man squad for the test series (3 newcomers including Tongan born Highlander centre Malakai Fekitoa, scrum-half TJ Perenara (Who was benched for the All Blacks comeback victory against Ireland in Dublin but did not play) & young 21 year old Blues lock Patrick Tuipilotu as well as the return of RWC 2011 winner Jerome Kaino, who was once widely regarded as the best Blindside on the planet), against next years RWC hosts England (Coached by Stuart Lancaster & captained by Chris Robshaw who had just arrived like 2 weeks ago), and Gaal yes, the team kept working out in training as part of their preparations then in all of a sudden, the All Blacks have revealed their starting lineup this morning so no Kieran Read (World's best Numero Ocho in world rugby (Comprenny? got it?) & man of the year last year) due to concussion issues & Julian Savea. But in the end, it was a low scoring affair, not only because it was a tight, close match, as the All Blacks defeated England 20 - 15 (Both teams have traded penalty goals each before Conrad Smith provided the match winner before the end) at Eden Park in the 1st of 3 tests during my intense, birthday celebrations.
So that's it? That all you've got ladies & gentlemen about the preview on the FIFA World Cup 2014 Brasil & the All Blacks/England 3 match test series (Well, I have been enjoying my 23rd birthday spirit on Saturday), not only because it is going to be epic, from out of nowhere just because this faith no more thing is over (And by the way, have I even lost my faith about this midlife crisis type of thing?).
P.S. Can you feel it, see it, here it today? If you can't, then it doesn't matter anyway.
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