{"id":12707,"date":"2010-07-12T20:35:23","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T18:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=12707"},"modified":"2010-07-12T20:35:23","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T18:35:23","slug":"football-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/12\/football-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Football madness &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>&#8230; is now officially over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2010\/07\/2010_world_cup_comes_to_a_clos.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12708\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/12\/football-madness\/football_argument\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/football_argument.jpg?fit=500%2C311&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,311\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Football argument\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/football_argument.jpg?fit=500%2C311&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12708\" title=\"Football argument\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/football_argument.jpg?resize=500%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/football_argument.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/football_argument.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/football_argument.jpg?resize=160%2C99&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/football_argument.jpg?resize=75%2C46&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Spain! \u00a0Regular bar sessions can now be resumed. \u00a0Check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2010\/07\/2010_world_cup_comes_to_a_clos.html\">Big Picture<\/a> blog for more images. \u00a0You don&#8217;t necessarily have to like football to enjoy those.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2010\/07\/2010_world_cup_comes_to_a_clos.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12709\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/12\/football-madness\/world_cup_fireworks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/world_cup_fireworks.jpg?fit=500%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,288\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"World Cup fireworks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/world_cup_fireworks.jpg?fit=500%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12709\" title=\"World Cup fireworks\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/world_cup_fireworks.jpg?resize=500%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/world_cup_fireworks.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/world_cup_fireworks.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/world_cup_fireworks.jpg?resize=160%2C92&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/world_cup_fireworks.jpg?resize=75%2C43&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>&#8230; is now officially over. 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