Big Question: What will you do if your team is eliminated?

Tune out of the tournament???? Is that English you write here? Hehe.

I think, it will depend a bit from where you’re from. If your team is a big one like Brazil, Argentina, England, etc. and they go out early, I reckon you’ll be suffering for the rest of the WC. But if you support a small team like Angola or Switzerland, then you usually have a ‘back-up’ team. You know, somebody who has a realistic chance of winning it and you would actually LIKE to win it (after your team goes out). I know that most Swiss have such a second team. If your team doesn’t have realistic chances, I believe you’re actually enjoying the cup more than otherwise. You know, if Switzerland makes it to the second round…we’re gonna be happy. After that, hei, we had a fairly good WC. Unlike the Italians and the English who will be heartbroken again!

Posted from  Australia

When Holland did not make it to Asia’s first world cup I got into depression. However this did not stop me from watching and enjoying the world cup but I admit it was the least one I enjoyed. Having a back-up team ? Never !!! No replacement for the dutch . However I used to support young teams like Senegal and Korea to go all the way and was happy when strong teams like Argentina, France, Italy , Portugal and Nigeria got eliminated from the early stages ….

Posted from  Lebanon

I cry. Actually its been like that for over, let me see from 1990 until now. everytime Argentina has been eliminated I cried until i had no more tears to shed. But this year I wont be crying, I am going to be singing ” We are the Champions”
viva Argentina
Hey and i do have a back up team and it’s italy( but not the same you know), meaning if they eliminate I do not cry

i think a good idea is to then support the team who knocked you out

and whoever might knock them out then that way half the fans go for one team the other half for the other in the final

Posted from  Canada

One team has to win its not ground to loos.
i will findout the weaknesses due to which we lost
i m from
HUNZA GILGIT NORTHERN AREAS PAKISTAN

Posted from  Pakistan

Very good question, I guess I´d just continue watching those teams that have been better, because it´s the beautiful game that I like the most.

Posted from  Germany

I will get moody and probably slap my innocent non-football-loving friends just for the heck of it.

But I doubt my team (I support Germany) will get kicked out so easily.

Posted from  Japan

I would be very irritaded but I like the World Cup so much that I would enjoy the rest

Being English, I normally support Sctoland, Wales or Either of the two Ireland teams if/when we get knocked out. As they arn’t in it this year I usually watch the rest of the matches cheering on the underdogs or for a team that has never won the world cup, like spain or holland. Woyuld like to see someone other than Brazil lift it this year.

Posted from  United Kingdom

That’s a trick question, because Argentina won’t be eliminated!

If they bow out, and that’s a STRONG IF,
I’ll have to kill myself by plunging a steak knife through my neck.

Is that too harsh?

Argentina, my life is in your hands.

Posted from  United States

in the case that (unfortunately) italy would leave early the tournament i would still avidly watch every possible game on top of that i have few other teams in my heart i could keep cheering for Argentina ,Australia….Spain,Ivory Coast…..

Posted from  United States

If the Azzurri are eliminated, I will cheer for any team that happens to be playing Brazil… especially if it’s a European team.

If Brazil also goes out early, I will be cheering for the Netherlands.

Posted from  United States

I always cheer for my national team the US. But if they get eliminated I switch to the team(s) of my ethnic background. First Germany (75% of my heritage) and then England (the other 25%). Failing that, I go for whatever german or english speaking country is left (Switzerland, you’re on deck!). If that’s not an option then I support whoever is playing against Brasil, as they are undoubtedly the underdogs. I know a lot of my friends here also like to cheer for the country their family orginally emmigrated from. I think in that sense the world cup has a lot of appeal for the casual soccer fans here.

Posted from  United States

Greetings: Soccer is the biggest festival on the planet, of course the best wishes goes for my country’s team, but one must be realistic, with teams the likes of Brazil, Holland, Argentina, Italy, Germany etc, etc…(in that order)any other of the 32 stars can’t shine enough; I’ve seen the best players parade around for the past 9 world cups Pele, Tostao, Carlos Alberto, Beckenbauer, Cubillas, Zoff, Muller, Ardiles, Kempes, Socrates, Antognioni, Altobelli, Scirea, Maradona, Ronaldo, Nkomo, Claudio Reyna, Wynalda, Meola and they are or were all important without them, there wouldn’t be a soccer fest as big as the world cup. GOOD LUCK to all and may the best win.
Go Amarilla Azul y Roja,
GO verde amarella

Posted from  United States

I’ll be cheering for England, so you always have to have a backup for when they go out on penalties in the semi-finals. This year my #2 team is Spain, but they’re perennial underachievers. So after that I’ll just be cheering *against* certain teams (like Brazil).

Posted from  Canada

haha, if strong teams losses…
i will support weak teams…

let’s have a saudi-trinidad final…

Posted from  Malaysia

I will stop watching the world cup.I did that when CROATIA was eliminated in 2002.We were weak then, but this time we will defeat the whole world.
There is no way that i can ever have a back-up team.
CROATIA - brazil 3-0

Posted from  Croatia

If argentina is knocked out, than i will be supporting all african nations begginning with TUNIS… other than that im still gonna try to catch every game, even the embarrassing USA GAMES vs ITALY CZECH AND GHANA, look for USA TO GET HUMILIATED!LOL

Posted from  United States

Vaterni will shock the worl June 13!

Following that they will win the World Cup so I’m not worried about them being eliminated!

Golden boot this year will belong to Ivan Klasnic!

Posted from  Canada

Well, I’m a total newbie to the World Cup and pretty much to football in general. So I will start with my native US, failing that is England (partially for reasons of family heritage, partially because my boyfriend’s Eglish and would leave me if I didn’t) After that its a toss up between Spain (cuz I live here) and Sweden (again for resons of heritage). Since none of these teams seem to have much of a chance, I suppose that no matter what, I’ll just be sad, and hoping to see an underdog win. I know almost nothing about the World Cup, and I’m already sick of Brazil!!

Posted from  Spain

Having supported the Soviet Union since I was aware of myself, I know just what it means for your team to get eliminated. My favourite team doesn’t even exist any more. Neither does my second team (Czechoslovakia) or my third one (Yugoslavia). But you do find things to intriuge you, and you’re always bound to support somebody.

So, if (or when) the Czechs go out, I will switch to any other Eastern European team still around (Ukraine, Serbia, Poland, and in that order; maybe Croatia too, but depending on how they play). Then, I would switch to a northern european team (England, Holland, Sweden, Germany, in that order). Then any other European team left (Italy, France, Spain, again in that order).

I very seldom support Brazil or Argentina, since everybody else supports them, which really gets up my t*ts; since they’re so good why do they need anybody to support them? I will make an exception in the highly unlikely event they come across a really obnoxious team, meaning:
1. the country which lies south of Canada and north of Mexico, in other words, the most hated country in the world
2. Japan
3. South Korea
4. Any other minnow like Trinidad who shouldn’t be there in the first place.

Posted from  Greece