As the World’s biggest event kicked off last Friday, we are reminded once again the possibility of the impossible – an African nation hosting the world cup.
We are reminded of the mortality in life, regardless of your age, regardless of your surname (special tribute to Nelson Mandella’s 13 year old great grand daughter, Zenani, who lost her life to a car accident after the pre World Cup concert).
We are also reminded of a better way to settle our differences other than on the warzone (Aka: Football).
Asia, as a country wore Red on Saturday night, as we witnessed the Republic of Korea became the first Asian country to claim three points in this FIFA World Cup after defeating Greece 2-0 in their opener.
Clearly on paper, the Korean team was outsized, and out skilled by European champion of 2004 by any measure. What we lacked was more than compensated with speed, resilience and a pure belief of the world cup spirit; the possibility of the impossible.
The road to winning the World Cup for Asia is at best, long. The very act of putting these two words on the same sentence in the public today commands great courage (resisting being a laughing stock) and ignorance.
Perhaps, these are the exact two words required as the cornerstone to building a better Asia for tomorrow. The courage to dream of the impossible, the ignorance of doing whatever it takes, no matter how difficult. May I also add the wisdom of borrowing the best tools from the West to just do it!
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