ONE DAY BEFORE THE CUP

Mata, martial chipper, finisher, PhD in Double-Tap
Striking Viking
James Rodriguez, Monaco buzzflap, scalpel incubator,
Colombian Dolomite
Matty Ryan, General in Yellow, Sergeant of Arms of Arms,
Flipping Booter
Aissa Mandi, wizard of dribbling, he springs goals from
their penitentiaries
Jo, daddy long legs, works the box like a boxing bag with
Sine Loco jabs
Aguero, el Kun, B Boy Big Kahuna, face musher,
hockey body checker
Neyman, smirker, Dirk Diggler juggling most fluorescent
tennis ball
Dempsey, goofball, Howitzer technician, shoots from
outside the Possible
Boateng, floater, cumulous bombardier, galloping
cloud seeder sans spurs
Podolski, femur blaster, leg munitionist, Germany’s
Roiling Rockette
Forlan, tiny witch, hand-to-hand crone spanking
the snot out the balon