Posted by Leander Schaerlaeckens
from soccernet
JOHANNESBURG -- The U.S. won its group and will play Ghana in the next round. Great!
Yes. Very well. But who will be there to root the Americans on?
A lot of Englishmen, from the sound of it.
The English, assuming they'd win Group C and thus play the runner-up of Group D in Rustenburg Saturday, had largely planned accordingly, snagging tickets for that game and arranging their travel to match.
And then the Americans went and won the group, meaning that England will instead play Germany in Bloemfontein a day later and six hours away.
According to British paper the Daily Mail, the crossed-up England fans are trying to get rid of the U.S.-Ghana tickets and hoping to get into the other game instead.
British Airways noticed a sudden spike in bookings alterations before England's game against Slovenia was even over.
Changing up the plans so dramatically might prove difficult on such short notice, meaning England will be the best-supported team in a game pitting the U.S. against Ghana.
The question is, Who will they root for? Their old colony or ... their old colony?
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