Akshay was following FIFA 2010 closely and had pictures and posters stuck on the wall next to his bed. He would cut out Messi's pictures from the KFC boxes. He would scan the Gulf Daily News for match details and other memorablia. His passion for the game was no passing fancy and he was keen to be in Brazil for 2014.
Google's doodle a day for FIFA 2014 would definitely have regaled Akshay. According to Ryan Germick, the doodle team leader at Google, interactive doodles can take months to make but this time they are doing it in two to six hours! They have an Inspiration Room at the office and entire walls are plastered with football memorablia.
One doodle celebrated Paul the Octopus who correctly predicted eight matches in 2010. He died in his aquarium in October that year at the age of four. That's supposed to be a long life for an octopus!
The Mexican wave was another interesting one. The letters are for the audience that support their teams in a Mexican wave. Letter L is the odd one out, as he is always late to catch the wave. The Mexican wave concept originated in 1986 in Mexico.
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