14.6.2018 by Mervi
Knuti’s Weekly has always followed the big sports events with great interest. This year it’s time for the Football World Championship again and many of us will be ‘suffering’ from football fever. 🙂
Because it’s the 10th anniversary year for this magazine I start with some flashbacks of the previous games.
Euro 2008 in Switzerland/Austria – Winner: Spain
Doesn’t the mascot 08 look familiar? Oh yes, it’s our Knuti!
Our dear bear was even the super star of the German Team.
Here Knut is giving some very valuable advice to Jogi Löw. 🙂
WC 2010 in South Africa – Winner: Spain
I guess we all remember the sound of the thousands of vuvuzelas …..
Euro 2012 in Poland/ Ukraine – Winner: Spain
Even this year Germany had lots of supporters – both two and four legged!
WC 2014 in Brazil – Winner: Germany
Lale was well prepared!
What we remember most of this tournament was the game Germany vs Brazil. We had many reasons to scream ‘Tooooor’!
Euro 2016 in France – Winner: Portugal
Fiete was the super supporter during these games.
Sweet Hope was cheering France but maybe this year she’ll be saying ‘Heja Sverige’ …..
Fiete had several supporter outfits – I think this one is one of the best. 🙂
WC 2018 in Russia – Winner: May the best team win!
Football stadiums in many Russian cities can witness first class football.
Chaarchana in St Petersburg welcome the football teams and their fans.
Because this is Knuti’s Weekly Magazine it’s natural that our ‘home team’ is Germany. Of course, we’ll be cheering all the teams – when they’re not meeting Jogi’s Jungs. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Die Manschaft
Die Fanschaft
During every tournament Jogi has had white fluffy assisting coaches. This year Katjuscha offered her services which, of course, were gratefully accepted. Kati is an experienced football fan and knows the name of the game!! 🙂
Many players of the German team come from Bayern München so, of course, Quintana is cheering them!
Wolodja has been practising the supporter life so he’s ready! 🙂
Fiete lives now in Hungary but he hasn’t abandoned his team!
Let the games begin!
Latest news by Ralph
As you know I am often able to get hold of information about Polar Bear communications from “unofficial sources”. I was not surprised this morning to receive on my Knuphone a new link. Apparently Victoria was so worried about Hamish hearing about Facebook and Twitter that she contacted Malik in Aalborg to ask her advice. Malik explained that Nuka and Qillak were already using PAWS (PolarBear Alternative Web System).
PAWS is completely unintelligible to humans, being a series of grunts, growls and huffs punctuated with scent pegs. However, with the World Cup starting, the traffic on PAWS has come to the notice of some of my friends in Whitehall who let me have a transcript.
It appears that the Polar Bears in the UK have already been deciding which teams to support. In Kingussie, Victoria is supporting Denmark and Germany, while Arktos and Walker are supporting Germany, as the Netherlands are not playing. They would have liked Hamish to be able to see Scotland play, but sadly not this year.
In Doncaster, Nobby is already in touch with Nela, Giovanna and Quintana and is getting out Yoghi’s sports notes. He is supporting Germany, even though he will also watch England play, after all he has the same name as the famous 1966 player, Nobby Stiles. Nissan is supporting Russia, well he was until he saw that Pixel and Victor had decided to support Germany as Netherlands were not playing. He still wants to cheer for Russia, but being a good Polar Bear he wants to support the winning team.
Thanks to PAWS, Victor has been in touch with Tongki, who will be cheering South Korea, but agreed that he would also be cheering England and Germany with his new friends.
PAWS sounds a lot more fun than Twitter and Facebook.
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