
I was glad that Mexico beat up on France. The way the french played was down right dirty. I could not believe the number of yellow cards showing up. You know it is not a good game when the yellow cards outnumbered the score.
I think Argentina better gets it defense up. The south Koreans really showed the holes in their defense. IF S. Korea was a better team I bet the score would have been a lot closer. Once Argentina gets to the 16 they will have a tough time advancing if those holes remain.
Watching Spain lose to the Swiss was a bright spot in my day. I hope that Spain does not advance far as that would be a great worry off my team. Then again my team needs to show up.
In their 1-1 tie with England the American team showed the world they can run up and down a field and do basically nothing for 90 minutes. IF the American team wants to advance to the 16 they better have a better showing tomorrow.
Serbia - 1 and Germany - 0
Germany lost in the group stage for the first time since 1986 with a man sent off. Serbia played a great game and started attacking Germany from the start. As they say... The best defense is to attack and Serbia did that well.
I liked the idea of Serbia not feeling threaten by Germany because usually smaller teams feel that all they need to do is defend. However, we all know Serbia always had a pretty strong team. Germany got a penalty but the Serbian goalkeeper was able to hold the ball.
Germans just like the French this year seemed to be playing very dirty (which is quite common for the French but not for the Germans). I was a little disappointed about that.
Yes USA saved their shame, but still... They are in a must win situation to make it to the second round. I agree that I could not understand why the referee did not give that goal. The US players looked like they wanted to assault him.
I wanted to assault him! They reacted rather well, if those players were Argentine then is really trouble.
The goal was clearly valid, I don't know what the heck was the referee looking at. I thought the USA played a very good second half, they came out ready mentally, however from the first half I could see they don't seem to be ready physically. At least, that's my impression.
The USA WILL qualify for the second round along with England, no doubt. I don't think they will pass the next round though.