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From June 14, 2010 CNET.com
By Chris Matyszczyk.
World Cup: England vs. U.S. re-enacted in LEGO
Many around the world were deeply moved by Saturday’s World Cup encounter
between England and the United States. While many Americans feared their team
might be outclassed, perhaps they weren’t fully aware that the England team
flatters to deceive more often than a telemarketer.
The game, which finished 1-1, was highlighted by one of the most glorious
English goalkeeping errors (enacted by the latest English net custodian, Robert
Green), in a veritable pantheon of glorious English goalkeeping errors.
Should you have missed the game, or merely found the experience unbearable, some
very enterprising LEGOists would like you to enjoy a more, well, playful
version.
I thank the Guardian for bringing us all closer to these highlights (there were
really only a couple), performed by little Fussball men in LEGO World.
The movement of England captain Steven Gerrard is beautifully realized. The joy
of his teammates is captured in a manner entirely appropriate to stiff upper
lips.
And when America’s Clint Dempsey wanders forward and shoots with all the
strength of ginger ale and Green allows the ball to bounce off his hands and
into the goal, it is an exhibition of vast poignancy.
Indeed, when the LEGO Green makes the mistake for which he will always be
known--my hope for the English tabloids’ favorite headline was “Glove Muppet,”
but they went for “Hand of Clod”-- his LEGO stand-in not only offers a little
face-down despair, but then gets up only to fall backward in a gesture of
utterly human horror.
It is a pity that both goalkeepers’ LEGO iterations wear caps. It prevents us
from fully enjoying their expressions.
However, one’s heart can only look forward to the LEGO version of USA/Slovenia,
which takes place Friday. Might I suggest that you will be able to enjoy it
better by securing your own sound effects. Yes, those sweetly humming trumpets
you can hear during every game have now been immortalized in the Vuvuzela iPhone
app.
YouTube Video
Cnet.com
LEGOFussball.eu (This website is not sponsored,
authorized or endorsed and not created by the LEGO Group.)
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