The Arsewiper's first bet - on a draw, and a first win. That's a friggin' 100% record man. Check it out! Now for that bet on a draw for England - USA to work out too.
As for the match itself, let's just say player for player, France again showed that they had the talent to win the game easy peasy lemon squeezy. But they had the manager to muck things up, and the cohesion as strong as...well, France. Lloris had little to do, Sagna his usual best, Gallas and Abidal average-ish, Gourcuff decent, Diaby a monster, but thereafter...what horrors. Ribery was nowhere, Anelka was at his sulkiest most irrelevant best, and Govou was indescribably irrelevant. Besides that, there's little of a review to do actually - much ado about nothing, with France barely testing Uruguay's Muslera despite their possession. For all that was on display on the pitch, you had to wonder how the likes of Nasri and Benzema could have been left off the plane.
Diaby. What can you say. It just gives you a certain pride - when you see a team of rather indifferent, some undermotivated professionals making a mockery of their talent - you also see one or two exemplary performances. Diaby showed just what he has been capable of, so here's hoping he'll put in two more games like this. Should do his confidence a world of good in the new season. On that same note - Sagna too.
A few words though, for Uruguay. First, Forlan. Methinks by the next game, he'll click with Suarez, and there should be at least a goal or two between them. Looked the most dangerous forward between both teams, and did a decent job tracking back as well. Second, what can you say about a twit like Lodeiro. Comes on at 65 mins. Gets booked a minute later for something stupid like kicking a ball away or something, and 15 minutes later, gets sent off. Just genius. By that time, though, I knew my bet was won. With France looking increasingly clueless, there didn't seem any chance of them making their possession pay - especially with Uruguay content with the point.
So where to? Can't see France scoring really. And Uruguay looks a decent bet to get through. Played mediocre, but got their point. They should get something against either Mexico or South Africa, so I could just get the predictions right. But we've got a long way to go. Especially France, on that flight back to Paris!
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