The World Cup is just a day away! I just can't wait for it! The opening match is between South Africa, the World Cup hosts, and Mexico. I am rooting for England this time as their team looks invincible.
Let me give you a brief introduction of World Cup.
The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not contested because of World War II.
The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about a month. A qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation.
Brazil have won the World Cup a record number of 5 times, followed by Italy with 4, and Germany with 3.
Italy, the defending champions, does not seem to have any chance of winning. Hopefully England's Wayne Rooney will try to curb his temper or else England's hope of the title will disappear into thin air.
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