Before I say anything, let me gloat again that it's now 2 wins in 2 bets for the Arsewiper - thanks to the only draw in the day's three games. Just brilliant. Still 100%, and I haven't really thought about where else to put my money in the next games. Nothing really stands out just yet from the cold-blooded gambling point of view...
Anyways, England. Ah, England. The joys ye bring to those who would like to see ye squirm. What larks, Rob Green! All in all though, one point would not be something that England will say that they did not deserve. Apart from the two goals, you could say that the two teams were pretty evenly match. Says alot about England that Emile Heskey would be their man of the match, who really had a much better first half than second. But then again, for all his good centre-forward play, he was caught off-side on too many occasions, and showed why this striker does most things well except score goals when he shot straight at Tim Howard when straight through on goal.
So while the English commentary team were expectedly gushing about Heskey, they were strangely silent about a totally anonymous Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard. I suppose that what you call selective commentary aimed at not inflaming an already inflammable and fickle English public and media. That too could be said of their treatment of Rob Green. God bless him. That fumble, and the next save he makes and the commentary team yells out: "Redemption!!" Someone out there remind them about chickens, hatching and counting...
As for the US, a pretty decent performance too, and they do deserve some credit for not folding after Gerrard's early goal. But I must say, the more I see of Clint Dempsey, the more I want to see him in an Arsenal shirt. The man's everywhere! Scores goals, and he's pretty indestructible too. The kind of challenges he went through...damn, put him in a Spanish or Argentinian shirt and he'd be rolling about in deathly spasms. But he just shrugs them off, and gets going again.
Oh yeah, word too for Landon Donovan. As I've said before, give that man an Arsenal shirt too.
While much can be said about the US team, you gotta say that their players upfront kinda suck. Jozy Altidore (Hull City!!) ain't exactly going to be scaring the likes of the world's best centre-halves. A better strikeforce, and they might have won this game...
With Algeria and Slovenia lying in wait, you'd still expect both teams to get through. The question's gotta be who finishes top. No guarantees on England there, methinks.
Elsewhere, Korea did the deed pretty routinely over an utterly dismal Greek team. I mean, that had to be one of the worst performances I've seen in any World Cup of recent memory. Geez. Looks like they're going to be the whipping boys over the next two weeks, so let's see what Argentina does to them. You have to like the Koreans' chances too though. Pretty impressive. One point from Nigeria should see them through now. As for Argentina - what can you say? You so wanted Nigeria to punish them for not putting them away, and on quite a few occasions, it could've happened. For all the talent out there in front in Tevez, Messi, Higuain et al - they didn't go too much really. But there's probably more in them going forward...or hopefully not.
Ciao then. Not the most riveting games on Sunday unfortunately, save for Germans coming up against the Aussies. Should be interesting viewing at least.
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