Why you should watch every single match of the 2014 World Cup

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"That would seem straightforward enough, as far as timelines go. But in truth the World Cup does not work like a children's fairy tale, proceeding from the first whistle to the last in linear fashion. More accurately, we should say that the World Cup has 16 beginnings, accounting for all the opening games of the 32 teams in the competition, followed by 16 more round-robin matches, and 16 more, proliferating individual storylines that then converge like roots into the trunk of the tournament, an attenuating series of matches that stretch from the round of 16 to the final.

The World Cup is a bit postmodern in that way, akin to George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones, which is told through the perspective of more than a dozen different characters. And like Game of Thrones, the tournament can only be appreciated if all of its narrative threads are grasped. That means that if you are serious about having the best World Cup experience that television can offer, you should count on watching all the matches — every last one.

That's why you should watch every single match of the 2014 World Cup. Because of Asamoah Gyan. Because you never know when you'll see greatness emerge from such humble material. Because all the world really is a stage, and there's no bigger one than this."

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