Saturday 16th June
13st 10lbs (dam Hot Dogs, Pizza & Chips)
1 Can of Beer left.
So the Group stages are over & the final 16 are ready for the next battle. It's not been a good World Cup for European & African teams, with many of them leaving in the Group stages, and of the final 16, only 6 are European, 5 South American (all through), 2 North & Central America, 2 Asian & 1 African.
Uruguay vrs South Korea
USA vrs Ghana
Go to Game 58
Germany vrs ENGLAND
Argentina vrs Mexico
Go to Game Game 59
Holland vrs Slovakia
Brazil vrs Chile
Go to Game 57
Paraguay vrs Japan
Spain vrs Portugal
Go to Game 60
Semi-Finals
Game 58 vrs Game 57
Game 59 vrs Game 60
So today we have just 2 matches:
Match 49 - Uruguay vrs South Korea, going into this match the South Korean's have looked sharp & fast, but technically wise Uruguay have looked strong, but have relied on Forlan a great deal, should set up a good match, with the winner playing the victor of today's 2nd match! It could be either of the 2, with bookies looking @ Uruguay to go into the Quarters.
The match was a cracker, with it going to Uruguay 2-1 and booking the 1st Quarter Final place, and the first time in 20 years they have got this far. They look a good team and will play the winner of the later match for an unbelieveable place in the Semi-Finals, something Paraguay haven't done since 1970. Suarez got both goals, the 2nd a curling peach into far right of the goal which no goalkeeper could have saved, he now goes to 3 goals, and joint top scorer of the tournament.
Match 50 - USA vrs Ghana, this could so have easily have been England if Defoe had scored that 2nd goal just after half time, or if Landon hadn't scored his Hollywood goal....Again this is a tough one to call, if any of the final 16 teams have had to fight for their right to be here, it is the US of A. The bookies are just giving the edge to the USA, but with Ghana looking strong but in a weaker group who knows?
Well what a surprise, Uruguay will play Ghana after they beat the US of A 2-1 after extra time, their goal to win was a peach too, a punt up field and Gyan latch on to it, held off 2 defender to put over the head of Tim Howard. They held on in extra time, to be only the 3rd African team to reach the Quarter Finals (Cameroon 1990 & Senegal 2002), could they be the first to get to a Semi-Final, they looked good and being such a young team, you'd have to look to Brazil 20p14 as another opportunity.
I bet I drink just the one can today, and that would be 46 cans of Beer so far.....& it was to drink the last one the last beer, not sure if I'm going to get any more, probably leave it a day or so, have some of the wife's Cider, and see how ENgland get on on Sunday?
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