Riposte to Ralph: Wake up to Spanish Football!

"Spanish football is boring."

And just like that, my best friend Ralph and I launched into a wonderfully antagonistic discussion of the recently concluded World Cup.

Viva España!

Allow me to state for the record that I have been a loyal Dutch football fan for as long as I can remember playing football. The concept of Total Football that was nurtured by the stellar international play and later grassroots developmental prowess of Dutch legend Johan Cruyff, and executed with such verve and panache by club team Ajax, in fact, continues to fuel my love for the game. But this was truly Spain's World Cup, and the Spanish victory bodes well for soccer fans everywhere.