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Article: For a soccer lover, it's heaven. (Passing By).(world unites for soccer's World Cup)
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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As the whole world watched the final match on 30 June of the one-month-long 2002 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup, held for the first time in Asia, Brazil, for the fifth time in the Cup's history, came out victorious, beating Germany 2-0.
I started playing soccer as a toddler, and watching and playing the game was my favourite activity then, and continues to be now. So when I was asked to attend on 23 April a reception offered by the Permanent Missions of Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to kick off the World Cup, I was ecstatic.
The World Cup is the most highly-regarded and esteemed event by soccer-playing nations ...