Tears for South Africa: France 0-2 South Africa

Gallic courtesy for the host
Head and shoulders from Khumalo
Free State the circus ring
In football's greatest show

Gourcoff's hideous elbow
Les Bleus scorched with the red
Mphela bundled in for two
Les Bleus long left for dead

Desailly's heart divided in two
He said with "Hope and horror"
Team split, with no self esteem
A good look in the mirror

Bafana missed some sitters
Wasted hatful to rue
Sub Malouda hushing Africa
Consolation for the Blue

Tepid French stormed the Bastille
Truth is they long lost their way
Awaits a Paris tomato plastering
Egg throw party at the Champs Elysees

Lord of the Manor of Frodsham
Salam Anelka's makeweight
Sad swansong for Thierry
Last exit for a football great

Lesson for Domenech the Comic
In patriotic demonstration
Home carnival astronomic
Astonishing Rainbow Nation

Refusing to shake Parreira
Still time for the final insult
Record post war reign is over
End of mad Raymond's cult

Number 7
(c) Emdad Rahman
www.football-poems.com

22.06.10

Number 7
(c) Emdad Rahman
www.football-poems.com