Argentina - "Get up, Argentina are on the move" - This from the country that gave us the tango, bolos-throwing cowboys and Maradona? A wake-up call? I woulda gone with "We have the Hand of God".
Other categories... OK, WE'RE PATRIOTIC: Angola - "Angola lead the way our team is our people" Ecuador "Ecuador my life, football my passion, the cup my goal" Germany - "For Germany, through Germany" MILITARISTIC: Costa Rica- "Our army is the team, our weapon is the ball. Let's go to Germany and give it our all" - C'mon, CRC, you guys are a lot more laid-back than that. But nice rhyming. Trinidad and Tobago - "Here come the Soca Warriors the fighting spirit of the Caribbean" - When I see Caribbean, I don't think fighting. How about pirates? "We be plunderin', yaaaaar! OOO, ANIMALS: Australia - "Australia Socceroos Bound for glory" Czech Republic "Belief and a lion's strength, for victory and our fans" England - "One Nation, One Trophy, Eleven Lions" - rolls off the tongue Saudi Arabia - "The Green Hawks cannot be stopped" Tunisia "The Carthage Eagles... higher and stronger than ever" - Hmm, higher? Oh, you mean flying. BEAUTIFUL, PICTURESQUE, COLORFUL: Italy "Blue pride, Italy in our hearts" - Shoulda just left it at "Blue pride". Iran - "Stars of Persia" - Nice. Ghana "Go Black Stars, the stars of our world" - How about "Black Stars Rising" or "Freddy Adu, you coulda been on the first team?" Netherlands "Oranje on the road to gold" - Awkward but nice try. LOOK, WE CAN RHYME: France "Libert, egalit, Jules Rimet" - Clever, patriotic, and pulls in the founder of the modern World Cup. Sharp ones, those French.
Costa Rica- "Our army is the team, our weapon is the ball. I think this is clever, since Costa Rica is famous for being one of the only countries with no armed forces. The Korean and Spanish ones seem like lame pleas for national unity. In Barcelona and San Sebastian, I think they still cheer for anyone playing against the Castilians. But the best one is that of Togo. The 'thirst' reference may be to the slogan shouted in the streets after they qualified - 'Empty the Brewery'! Gotta love those priorities.
owlhouse: 'Empty the Brewery'! Now, that's a slogan!
They're all very embarrassing. The only one that's ok is Irans.
Hey, I'm glad someone liked the French slogan BUT it was written by me and I'm English! The rules on fifaworldcup.yahoo.com clearly allow for entries from outside each country. However I still haven't been officially notified. Has anyone else? Should I be paranoid?
