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Nowadays, Urmila Matondkar doesn’t have much time to watch movies, hang out with friends, or party. “Ever since time I started watching the World Cup, I have become completely unsocial. In fact, my friends feel I am dating someone secretly!” she says. “The fact is, I’d like to put up a board outside my room, saying ‘Do not disturb, until the FIFA finals.”

Urmila has also received an ultimatum from her father. He has told her in no uncertain terms that if she doesn’t stop watching football, he will throw her out of the house. “My father doesn’t understand football at all. He is a complete cricket fan. So both of us are always at sixes and sevens nowadays,” says Urmila.

The problem is that Urmila is spending most of her time with her friends nowadays, watching and cheering for the teams playing for the World Cup. “Earlier I too was a complete cricket fan,” says Urmila. “I too didn’t know anything about football a few years ago. I was a complete cricket fan, and thanks to my dad, had no exposure to football. But the year Indian cricket team lost the World Cup to Sri Lanka, I stopped watching cricket. I love sports, so I developed a liking for football and gradually got hooked on to it.”

The last time, Urmila had managed to watch all the matches. “This time it has been hectic. I have been travelling a lot,” she says. “I missed some matches early on, but now I’ve caught up and am not willing to miss a single match.”

Urmila loves the mental and physical focus of the players. “They must be under so much pressure, yet you can see the determination. And, of course, the sheer team spirit in the game are worth writing home about,” says Urmila, who is supporting France and Brazil.

Urmila had a tiff with her father a few days ago while she was watching the match at 12:30 am. “The best matches are at night. So I was watching Spain v/s France, and cheering for France. My father got irritated. I too got angry and said I’d move over to the guest room and watch the match there. At which he immediately left the room,” she recalls with a laugh.

During the semi-finals Urmila initially planned to put up a big screen on the terrace and invite friends home to watch the matches with them. “But I know the rains will spoil my plans. So now I have decided to go and watch the matches wherever the biggest screen is put up,” she says.

So which player does she fancy? “I don’t watch the matches to drool over the players,” she replies indignantly. “I understand the game, so I am too busy watching it to notice the men. I love watching the biggest stars creating football history with their moves. I guess they are the real superman.”

Urmila has an unfulfilled wish. “I would like to watch the football World Cup live,” she says.