Well... you may not be far off...
At this point the only team I am really sorry to see go is South Africa
The Paraguayans, (the younger brothers of Uruguay as far as fútbol is concerned, could not get any more pathetic....)
Losing 0 x 1 (at half time) against who ? but the worst team inthe entire tournament... then finally decide to play to win and do...(3 x 1) How pathetic why wait for the last damned minute (same for Uruguay and Argentina), who deservedly got kicked out.
South Africa on the other hand, played a mano a mano with Spain, and never gave up... That is what I like to see...
Too bad for the South Africans, they were playing my favorite in this world cup -gg Spain has certainly looked like champions so far...
The CONCACAF teams: Ironically Costa Rica (arguably) the best team of the group, may NOT make it, unless they play brilliantly against a possibly good performance from Brazil, who btw... had no pretension in this tournament, has already qualified... true it is that they have had a much easier group than Argentina.
If Mexico plays the way they have played so far, there is no reason to go against Italy fearing anything, they are perfectly capable of beating the Italians... on the other hand, I am going to assume that Italy, who will be fighting for its qualification, no doubt will do what it can to obliterate Mexico. The Mexicans, who need a tie to qualify, will not play "dead" so at the very least I am expecting a great game |
