This year was probably the first year I actually got pretty involved in the World Cup \u2013 I did a sweep with my family and pulled out Germany so was convinced I was going to win. I was always keeping up to date with the matches, with the incentive of taking home the winnings (a whopping \u00a335), but I can\u2019t deny there were some things which make me glad the World Cup is finally over, and I\u2019m sure I\u2019m not alone. It\u2019s rare that a tournament can captivate the full globe more or less, and as nice as it was to witness international recognition for the countries competing, we\u2019re ready to revert back to reality. On that note, here are 10 reasons we\u2019re glad the World Cup is finally over!<\/p>\n
The World Cup quite literally dominated night-time and day-time TV for a full month, and if they weren\u2019t showing matches they were showing people talking about said matches. It was inescapable!<\/p>\n
Complaining about their team losing, complaining about their other team losing, complaining about pubs being so busy, complaining to complain\u2026whether you were personally invested or not in the World Cup, I\u2019m sure you know someone who was moaning on a daily basis about the inevitable effects of the tournament.<\/p>\n
For the full duration of the World Cup the majority of \u2018small talk\u2019 was devoted to discussing the highlights and what had happened so far. There was almost a pressure to be up to date with the latest matches at fear of losing out on conversation!<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll admit it, I couldn\u2019t break down the rules of football if someone asked me to, but you know what? Who cares! I can still watch a match and enjoy it without knowing 100% what\u2019s going on\u2026and I don\u2019t need to be lectured about my apparent ignorance either.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sorry England fans, but invading Ikea after beating Sweden in the quarter-final, really? How on earth does starting a riot in a Swedish department store translate as celebrating your country\u2019s win? If there\u2019s one thing I\u2019m really glad for about the World Cup being over it\u2019s that the often disrespectful and riotous post-victory celebrations also must come to an end.<\/p>\n
Having quite a lot of foreign friends in various countries, I didn\u2019t really enjoy the unnecessary rivalry that came as a result of the World Cup. There\u2019s nothing wrong with a bit of competition, but being knocked out of the World Cup appeared to be soul-destroying for some, automatically blaming the opposing team\/country\u2026<\/p>\n
We can go back to our normal interests, talking about the next big Netflix series\u2019 and the latest on Love Island.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s common fact that even football fanatics watch Love Island, and we didn\u2019t appreciate the World Cup interfering with the airing time of our summer addiction.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sure everyone has lost at least a fiver to the World Cup, and maybe you pulled out an unlikely winner from the start so never had hope of getting that money back. The good thing is, you won\u2019t be forced to bet again for another 4 years.<\/p>\n
OK, the atmosphere can be kind of exciting, but we also appreciate being able to enjoy a drink without screaming football fans getting emotional in the corner. TV\u2019s in pubs are generally not very desirable anyway, whatever time of year.<\/p>\n
This year was probably the first year I actually got pretty involved in the World Cup \u2013 I did a sweep with my family and pulled out Germany so was convinced I was going to win. I was always keeping up to date with the matches, with the incentive of taking home the winnings (a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24525,"featured_media":133807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true},"categories":[1813,8479],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-133800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-competitions","category-entertainment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n