Watching two World Cup games at once can be exhausting. I don’t know why they do it to us. I mean, yes, I do actually know why the competition has gone to this tradition, but it didn’t make Tuesday’s mental gymnastics any more manageable.
On my office’s television, I was watching Brazil and Italy, a game whose significance came down to one player, for me. I don’t know why the Selecão had waited until the third game of this tournament to play Andressinha – I don’t know much about Brazil, in general – but with one of the most well-liked players around Portland Thorns FC camp finally in a lineup, I was in.