Good morning everyone and welcome to Day 2 of the World Cup!
There are some exciting matches today to round up the co-hosts’ first games: Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina, and USA vs Paraguay. Exciting!
The hoddle is will look a little different over these next few weeks. Duty calls, and your hoddler-in-chief must answer. Thus, I will be away for several days over the next handful of weeks.
That means you’ve got the two best people on this planet to hoddle in my place: Menno and MattyFlatt!
If you are at all curious, they will be taking over for me on the following days:
June 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 26, 29, 30
But the good news is I’ll be back for all the other days (maybe!)
These two legends of the game will be helping me out in my absence, and I’m sure they’ve got some great content planned.
Anyways, be kind to your substitute hoddler-in-chiefs in my absence. I’ll be lurking around the comments and might even pop in a couple days if I can. And be on your best behaviour with each other!
Fitzie will be back on June 18.
Fitzie’s track of the day: Sports, by Viagra Boys
And now for your links:
BBC: “From near death to World Cup hero - Jimenez’s tears for Mexico”
The Independent: “Jose Mourinho returns to Real Madrid as he signs three-year contract with Spanish giants”
The Guardian: “Kieran McKenna leaves emotional legacy at Ipswich to last generations”