La vida en la burbuja de Hollywood pasa a un segundo plano frente a la necesidad de Estados Unidos de triunfar en el Mundial | Max Rushden
Trabajar en un torneo conlleva sus propias exigencias, pero nada comparable a la presión que sienten los jugadores locales por tener una buena actuación. Saludos desde Los Ángeles, de su corresponsal de podcasts. Dejando a un lado Inglaterra, han pasado 20 años desde que estuve en el país anfitrión de un torneo importante. Mis compromisos profesionales hacen que esta sea una experiencia ligeramente diferente a la de recorrer Alemania con Ian, Matt y Oli en 2006…
Working at a tournament brings its own demands but nothing like the pressure on home players for a good showing
Greetings from Los Angeles – from your own podcasting correspondent. England aside, it’s been 20 years since I was in the host country for a major tournament. Professional commitments make this a marginally different experience from driving around Germany with Ian, Matt and Oli in 2006 just wondering when the next stein was going to be thrust into my hands – dancing with Trinidad and Tobago fans, feeling lucky to miss out on Brazil v Australia tickets because my hangover was too much for the sun.
The question you are asked most by people back home is along the lines of: “Is there World Cup fever in the States?” I am reminded of a local TV crew who walked around central Cambridge on the eve of our FA Cup quarter-final with Crystal Palace in 1990 asking people how they felt about the game, and being rewarded with lots of nice middle-class people who didn’t even know there was a football team in Cambridge.
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