World cup: day two
We had the summer ball yesterday which somewhat interfered with my World Cup watching. I'm still nursing a bit of a hangover as I type this, but I intend to write a double post today if only because I can.
England 1 Paraguay 0
This was a shocking game- absolutely terrible to watch. If England hadn't been playing I would have switched off the TV in disgust. Zombies on drugs would have put on a better sporting spectacle than what we were given. England were solid and promising in the first half but then completely went to pieces. They were saved because although Paraguay had the ball for most of the second half, they didn't know what to do with it. They had absolutely zero cutting edge upfront. England meanwhile had only Joe Cole as the only player who played well in both halves. Stevie.G was great in the first half- some of his passes were so unbelievable it looked like CGI-but completely disappeared in the second half as did Beckham although lampard finally got going. Ashley Cole and Gary Neville both had a bad game. The team blamed their poor performance on the heat. What the fuck? You are footballers for Christ's sake, not ballerinas. Playing in the heat is part of the job.
And please tell us Sven because we all really want to know- why bring Walcott if you aren't going to play him? Either you think he is ready or you don't. You take off Owen and bring on Stewart Downing so that Joe Cole becomes the support striker. Seeing as you get 4 million a year, you probably know by now that Cole is a midfielder and that's where he is going to do the job well. Walcott on the other hand is a striker-why not bring the kid on? It was a bit scary to realize that Owen Hargreaves made England look better when he came on later on- that's how bad they were.
Sweden 0 Trinidad and Tobago 0
This is THE shock of the world cup-I dont think anything else is going to come close. I didnt watch the whole game as the summer ball had started by then, but the Trinidadians fought so gallantly expecially considering the fact that they had ten men for almost the entire second half. I guess England is going to sit up and take notice now. Meanwhile I had backed Larsson to be the top-scorer at this world cup, but he missed quite a few although not as many as the shocking Ibrahimovich a seriously overrated striker.
And Shaka Hislop- for a goalie who is nearly 40, he is bloody good.
GO TRINIDAD!
Argentina 2 Ivory Coast 1
I only watched the first half and bits of the second, but this was the best match of the tournament so far. I was pleasantly suprised by how good Ivory Coast were- especially their pace. They were threatening everytime they bombed forward usually on the counter-attack but they missed too many chances. Argentina also looked awesome-especially the defence and the magnificent Riquelme in midfield- and I think at the moment they could be better than Brazil. This game showcased everything football should be- attacking, adventurous and entertaining. Ivory Coast are seriously unlucky to be in the group of death- they looked so good yesterday you would have backed them to get out of any other group.
England 1 Paraguay 0
This was a shocking game- absolutely terrible to watch. If England hadn't been playing I would have switched off the TV in disgust. Zombies on drugs would have put on a better sporting spectacle than what we were given. England were solid and promising in the first half but then completely went to pieces. They were saved because although Paraguay had the ball for most of the second half, they didn't know what to do with it. They had absolutely zero cutting edge upfront. England meanwhile had only Joe Cole as the only player who played well in both halves. Stevie.G was great in the first half- some of his passes were so unbelievable it looked like CGI-but completely disappeared in the second half as did Beckham although lampard finally got going. Ashley Cole and Gary Neville both had a bad game. The team blamed their poor performance on the heat. What the fuck? You are footballers for Christ's sake, not ballerinas. Playing in the heat is part of the job.
And please tell us Sven because we all really want to know- why bring Walcott if you aren't going to play him? Either you think he is ready or you don't. You take off Owen and bring on Stewart Downing so that Joe Cole becomes the support striker. Seeing as you get 4 million a year, you probably know by now that Cole is a midfielder and that's where he is going to do the job well. Walcott on the other hand is a striker-why not bring the kid on? It was a bit scary to realize that Owen Hargreaves made England look better when he came on later on- that's how bad they were.
Sweden 0 Trinidad and Tobago 0
This is THE shock of the world cup-I dont think anything else is going to come close. I didnt watch the whole game as the summer ball had started by then, but the Trinidadians fought so gallantly expecially considering the fact that they had ten men for almost the entire second half. I guess England is going to sit up and take notice now. Meanwhile I had backed Larsson to be the top-scorer at this world cup, but he missed quite a few although not as many as the shocking Ibrahimovich a seriously overrated striker.
And Shaka Hislop- for a goalie who is nearly 40, he is bloody good.
GO TRINIDAD!
Argentina 2 Ivory Coast 1
I only watched the first half and bits of the second, but this was the best match of the tournament so far. I was pleasantly suprised by how good Ivory Coast were- especially their pace. They were threatening everytime they bombed forward usually on the counter-attack but they missed too many chances. Argentina also looked awesome-especially the defence and the magnificent Riquelme in midfield- and I think at the moment they could be better than Brazil. This game showcased everything football should be- attacking, adventurous and entertaining. Ivory Coast are seriously unlucky to be in the group of death- they looked so good yesterday you would have backed them to get out of any other group.
posted by Minzo at 1:11 PM
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