WTF, football???
Yes indeed, ladies & gentlemen. The most beautiful game of 'em all...
The Wolrd Cup in Germany kicked off last friday and what an opener it was. No less than six goals and an entertaining match to watch for the neutral (well, erm, I'm not that fond of German football) spectator. I hate to say it, but Germany will be a force te reckon with, yet again.
In the same group as Germany, Poland was very succesful in their imitation of the Belgian National Football team: incohesive, bad passing and uninspirational.
England didn't quite deliver on Saturday either. Luckily they managed to grab 3 points. I was a little bit afraid something like this was going to happen to them since they had good results in their preparation matches. Hopefully they'll get their focus back now, because I have high hopes for them. And of course all credits to Trinidad and Tobago for withstanding the Swedes. Apparently the Swedes see themselves as a contender for the World Cup. Not through my glasses, they don't.
Group C is boasting with talent and it's a shame 2 of them will have to leave so early. I was particularly impressed with Argentina: keeping cool, well organised and very efficient in their attacks. They've got their Crespo/Klose/Inzaghi-type striker: always there in the right place; a man with a golden pass and vista (Riquelme) and lots of other gifted players. Should go a long way. I do however prefer strikers like Henry/Drobga/Raul who just have that little bit more. Drogba was outstanding.
I also have lots of sympathy for Marco Van Basten. Another great striker in his days and it would seem a calm, confident and proud coach. But I'm sure he's able to hammer his point home when he has to. I'm still a little bit in doubt over Holland's defense and their ability to stick together as a team, but we'll see how things progress.
The Mexicans didn't have too much touble with Iran in the second half and Portugal looked fit to demolish Angola the fist ten minutes of the match but then they forgot there were eleven of them and they just kinda did their own thing seperately. They'll go through to the next round, but they should count themselves lucky they're not playing in group C...
The Wolrd Cup in Germany kicked off last friday and what an opener it was. No less than six goals and an entertaining match to watch for the neutral (well, erm, I'm not that fond of German football) spectator. I hate to say it, but Germany will be a force te reckon with, yet again.
In the same group as Germany, Poland was very succesful in their imitation of the Belgian National Football team: incohesive, bad passing and uninspirational.
England didn't quite deliver on Saturday either. Luckily they managed to grab 3 points. I was a little bit afraid something like this was going to happen to them since they had good results in their preparation matches. Hopefully they'll get their focus back now, because I have high hopes for them. And of course all credits to Trinidad and Tobago for withstanding the Swedes. Apparently the Swedes see themselves as a contender for the World Cup. Not through my glasses, they don't.
Group C is boasting with talent and it's a shame 2 of them will have to leave so early. I was particularly impressed with Argentina: keeping cool, well organised and very efficient in their attacks. They've got their Crespo/Klose/Inzaghi-type striker: always there in the right place; a man with a golden pass and vista (Riquelme) and lots of other gifted players. Should go a long way. I do however prefer strikers like Henry/Drobga/Raul who just have that little bit more. Drogba was outstanding.
I also have lots of sympathy for Marco Van Basten. Another great striker in his days and it would seem a calm, confident and proud coach. But I'm sure he's able to hammer his point home when he has to. I'm still a little bit in doubt over Holland's defense and their ability to stick together as a team, but we'll see how things progress.
The Mexicans didn't have too much touble with Iran in the second half and Portugal looked fit to demolish Angola the fist ten minutes of the match but then they forgot there were eleven of them and they just kinda did their own thing seperately. They'll go through to the next round, but they should count themselves lucky they're not playing in group C...
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