Today was the big FIFA event of selecting the teams for the group phase of the World Cup 2018 in Russia (soccer for our North American friends; football for the rest of the world). I happened to be today in Panama City for a meeting at the Canadian Embassy and in the reception area of the large office building where the Embassy is located they had this big screen televising live the event. The team of Panama ended up in Group G together with Belgium (very talented team at the moment), Tunis and England. However, qualifying for this tournament for the people in Panama is almost already as much pride as for other soccer countries winning it. My dear Holland team did not qualify this time and instead the country that beat them for 2nd place - Sweden - will play world champion Germany (amazing strong team again), Mexico (which this time easily qualified) and Korea (which is always a fierce competitor in this tournament). It promises to be a great event from June 15 to July 15 in 2018. The Panamanians are ready for it! As they are for Christmas in the hot & humid climate...
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