You would think that some of these games would be no-brainers for TV schedulers, however they have really flattered to decieve and have been some of the most tergid and unspectacular so far.
One exception to the rule was Italy knocked out by the Slovakian minnows. Italy have a pretty poor record in the World Cup and have been knocked out in the 1st round, as many times as they have progressed from it! Their conquerers will be rubbing their hands with glee, albeit for 4 more days. Italy are living on the glories from the past couple of tournaments and (like France) need a total clear out from top to bottom. Paraguay and New Zealand didn't muster a goal, so I didn't muster the effort to watch any highlights. Football is a two way thing right?
Cameroon have a host of players from decent teams all across Europe, and kinda played as though they have never sen eachother before, and can't communicate with eachother either. Their Manager has never shown any knowledge of whatever he took from any coaching courses attended, or experience from any jobs. He will more than likely continue on the carousel of Frenchmen controlling African Nations. Denmark on the other hand never recovered from the own goal in their opening match and couldn't possibly believe they would progress with Premier League reserves and rejects.
Portugal and Brazil started cheating ten barrells of crap out of eachother, in a similar vain to what Chile and Spain started to do. The only difference is Chile and Spain had more on the game and they both had to play ball instead of play keep ball. Switzerland can count themselves unlucky not to go through, but just like England they have immense trouble in scoring goals. Ivory Coast had nothing to play for and Honduras (probably) played for peanuts in their respective games. Certianly not a couple of days for the football purist and now the real stuff starts.
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