soccer report; your daily recap

[rone]

Didn't watch any games today due to late night soccer; Centavo lost to Umbros 5-3.  One goal bounced off the wall, off my back, and in.  Another came when a defender tried to clear and kicked the ball into my shoulder and in.  Our team's finishing was rather ugly and reminded me of the finishing of too many teams in the World Cup.  The curious may wish to come to our games and cheer us on.

Argentina 6 - Serbia & Montenegro 0: the rout of the Cup so far.  By all accounts, the Argies played very well, although the red card a Serbian player received helped them dominate even more and score their last three goals (their current boy wonder Messi was involved in at least two of them).

Netherlands 2 - Ivory Coast 1: another hard loss for the Africans.  That's why they call it the Group of Death, folks (although the US's group ain't no party, either).

Mexico 0 - Angola 0: Angola hung on with 10 men to steal a point.  Mexico has to face Portugal now and get at least a point; otherwise, they'll have to hope that Angola-Iran works to their advantage.  I caught the second half of this game on XM as i drove home, and the last few minutes on TV.  The Mexican players say they're not worried at all; i don't believe them.

Also, because it bears noting, Peter Crouch's late goal against T&T was scored with a dirty foul. T&T got jobbed. That's soccer.

Comments

[rotojeff.livejournal.com]

Let me know if Centavo ever makes a SoCal tour. Not sure if I'll catch the game, but I'd love to grab an adult beverage with you...

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Well, if you ever come up north, do let me know and i will arrange that.

[blarglefiend.livejournal.com]

We want to make sure to watch at least one of the African games before this first round is up -- which would you recommend? We've got Netherlands v Ivory Coast on the PVR, but are we better off waiting for Ghana or Togo?

I doubt that the last Ivory Coast game is going to be worth watching -- the Serbs really were woeful last night, can't see them putting up much defense against anyone else for a while.

[veep.livejournal.com]

Netherlands v Ivory Coast was definitely a fine game. In the top.. third for the neutral observer, definitely.

[wisn.livejournal.com]

Second N. vs I.C. The refereeing was crap but the first half I caught had its moments and was (for ESPN's standards) well-called.

I missed Ivory Coast's goal against Netherlands. Worth noting that was the first ball to get past their goalie in ten games, an accomplishment for a lower-ranked team.

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

I heard the first 30 minutes of the Argentina - S&M game (just missed the second goal, apparently). Up to that point, Argentina came out fast and scored an early goal, but Serbia and Montenegro seemed to be coming back into it and posing more of a threat. I suppose that shows hom much a goal can change the attitude of the players.

Argentina are looking ominously good, considering that the likes of Messi and Aimar aren't even first choices: that's a lot of creativity to have in reserve.

[khrister.livejournal.com]

Netherlands - Ivory Coast was the best game I've seen sofar in this world cup.

That Peter Crouch foul was hard to spot even on the replays, imagine how hard it would be for a referee. Too bad, though, they deserved better. Of course, an English victory means a higher chance for Sweden to get through.

[bungo.livejournal.com]

Didn't watch any games today due to late night soccer.

That's cool. Your commentary on the WM is much appreciated by one reader at least. It's much easier to understand, and probably less biased, than what I get on German TV here.

[kawgirl.livejournal.com]

I was only able to watch the Mexico - Angola game yesterday and was really disappointed. Mexico looked really flat. I'd agree with you: I think the Mexican players might be a little worried.

Today, after emailing I will watch soccer and pack.