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I think the way people act in South Africa now explain just why I love the country. Bafana Bafana (South Africa's soccerteam) won against France (who is a very good team) but was eliminated from the World Cup. That means no more games in the World Cup for them and they are the first nationalteam from a host country in ages to not qualify from the group. But instead of saying how they were bad, how players didn't perform the way they should or just blaming someone for a "fiasco" they celebrate the win against France. Nowhere have I seen or heard anyone saying a bad thing about Bafana Bafana and instead they explain how proud they are of their boys.

Imagine if this would have happened in Sweden. Kicked out of the World Cup as the hostnation but still winning against a good team. Its hard to think that the people on the streets giving comments on TV would say that they were proud. I think the newspapers would blame someone and put that on ther headlines. No party on the streets and no cheering.

This is why South Africa is and always will have a big piece of my heart. Maybe its a defensemechanism because deep down they are angry and sad but somehow i doubt that. Either way I should do my best to influence the Swedes to act more like this. To celebrate the good things and not sob over the negative and bad things. We only live once and why not be happy while you can?