World Cup Nonsense

[Sweder]

See now that's what we're on about.

Of course not every match has the drug-crazed madness that was the last ten minutes of today's game . . . but the rollercoaster effect you experienced is what we sad followers of National team fortunes feel with every wafted kick, every wince-inducing tackle, every ever-so-slightly-short back-pass . . .

. . . it's heaven and hell, pleasure and pain.

I think after a come-back like that Soccerangs is pretty accurate.
Roll on Brazil! Get anything out of that game and the whole world will sit up and take notice. Really.

Three excellent games today.
I'd say matches, except the USA's capitulation to the Czechs was nothing of the sort. Rosicky has recently signed for Arsenal and so far looks good value for his 7 million quid price tag.

Italy managed to out-think a spirited yet naive Ghana side. The contest remained in the balance until Sammy Kuffour's woeful back-pass set Iaquinta free to score. Seeing the former Bundesliega player hunched in pain on the turf tonight reminded me of an uncannily similar scene. The same player clad in the blood-red of Bayern Munich, in a similar position pounding the turf, eyes filled with tears of anger as the European Cup was stolen from his team in the dying minutes one balmy, crazy night in the Camp Nou . . .

Is it me or is this World Cup already turning out to be something special?
I can't remember being so excited about the group stages.
Tomorrow it's the turn of France and Brazil.
Zidane, Henri, all those magicians who's name being in with 'R'.

Blimey.