Monday, June 26, 2006

What everyone has been waiting for...

another World Cup update!!!!

Saturday saw Germany and Argentina advance, and they will meet each other in the quarterfinals. If Germany can't beat the Argentines, then nobody may be able to.

Sunday came with another lackluster performance by England, and yet another win thanks to a Beckham free kick. Lampard has had 18 shots (8 on target) and not a single goal to show for it. Rooney looked quite good in the second half, though, so if the lads can just pull it together and play cohesively they might make it to Berlin.

Today saw a dubious call, 10 seconds before the end of the match, hand a 1-0 win to Italy over the resiliant Aussie's. Every tournament FIFA says that they don't want the officiating to be a problem, and every time it is. The tough carding is fine, as far as the cheese is concerned, but it needs to go both ways, for challenges and flops.

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