Etrio Finale

Results:

Germany 4-2 Costa Rica
Poland 0-2 Ecuador
England 1-0 Paraguay
Trinidad & Tobago 0-0 Sweden
Argentina 2-1 Ivory Coast
Serbia & Montenegro 0-1 Netherlands
Mexico 3-1 Iran
Angola 0-1 Portugal
Australia 3-1 Japan
USA 0-3 Czech Republic
Italy 2-0 Ghana
Korea Republic 2-1 Togo
France 0-0 Switzerland
Brazil 1-0 Croatia

Tonight's Matches:

Spain vs Ukraine
Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia

Well the first round of matches is almost over... and the World Cup is well under way! Well some disappointments of the tournament so far...

England

Sorry, I'm an England slammer. I like their players, I like the way they play (sometimes) but they can't seem to gel in the most important matches. Sven Goran Eriksson gets it all wrong sometimes and for all the talent they have in the squad, it's just sad. Their saving grace is their rock-solid defence, with Steven Gerrard protecting them for all he's worth. Frank Lampard has been good too and is probably the main threat for England. Beckham has surprised me, he looks good, whipping in deadly crosses, corners and free kicks, the England captain is playing at a very high level.

But for all the goals scored against Jamaica (and there were 6), all England had to show against Paraguay was one goal. An own goal. Michael Owen looked very off-form in the match, failing to deliver and looking far-off from the world-class striker we all know he is. Owen is and has always been England's main source of goals in major competitions and if he fails to find his form, England had better change their tactics or they're goners. Crouch looks inexperienced, but who's to blame him? Defenders play dirty when they come up against him, and make it look as if he's fouling them all the time. The height advantage really puts him at a disadvantage against the referee's whistle.

Then comes the best part: England's only other fit striker, Theo Walcott, has been injured by England's injured striker, Wayne Rooney. What an irony. So now if you exclude the off-form Owen (who has just recovered from a metatarsal injury), England only have one fully fit striker for the competition. Woo hoo!

Netherlands

What happened to the Dutch? The masters of "Total Football"? One goal?! Against Serbia & Montenegro? One goal?! It's the first time in many years they've won a match by scoring only one goal... The free-flowing football by the Dutch was missing against the Serbs. Only Arjen Robben was credible, Van Persie too.

France

France are dead and buried. For all their world-class players, they failed to come up with a goal against a plucky Switzerland. It's like a mathematics equation: Thierry Henry at Arsenal scores loads of goals. David Trezeguet at Juventus does the same. So does Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid, Louis Saha used to at Fulham, now he's doing it (somewhat) at Man United and Sylvain Wiltord does it at Lyon. Put them all together and voila! No goals.

I'm waiting to see how Spain will do... Apparently Luis Garcia is starting while Raul isn't. Go Spain! Go Alonso and Garcia! Yeah! Haha... I hope and pray REALLY hard RTM shows this match at 9... Hahaha.

Yuks I mugged the whole day today and only managed to do Homeostasis, Liver and Endocrine, The Mammalian Kidney, Atomic Structure and Chemical Energetics. Yuks. So SLOW. Luckily I'm almost done with Bio and done with Physics and halfway through Maths. Haha... I worry for my Chemistry. Bleah. Oh well. Stupid common tests. I didn't even get to enjoy my June holidays and it's all going to be over. Sigh.

Well at least I predicted one thing correctly, the African teams aren't doing too well at the moment. Haha...

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