Uruguay vs England: But Looking Back At Spain vs Chile

Joe Hart is on fire! 

But is anger was not against Uruguay or Italy, it was against a ballboy. 

Watch that ►►here

But meanwhile, Luis Suarez will feature for Uruguay against England today. Hence Joe Hart and England would probably need to reserve more of their passion for trying to stop the likes of Edinson Cavani and Diego Forlan, who will be looking to make amends for their misses against Costa Rica. 

Worry about Suarez alone at your peril lads.

Spain Left Very Big Shoes To Fill

Now the former champions, Spain may have been eliminated, but all the nations who are currently gloating need to realize that ONLY one country can go on to lift the World Cup this year. Only one of them can begin to contemplate replicating the greatness that Spain achieved. 

The truth is that Chile were spectacular! Especially Alexis Sanchez and Fiorentina’s Juan Vargas.

In fact, Uruguay is one nation that is closer to replicating Spain’s greatness than all others; because they already hold a continental trophy after winning the Copa America in 2011. 

So if they win this World Cup, they would need to win the next Copa America if they really wish to gloat.

Meanwhile, Italy need to beat Costa Rica to be sure of qualifying tomorrow. I am hoping to see more of Torino's Ciro Immobile and maybe a debut for Napoli's Lorenzo Insigne in that game. 

But the most intriguing game for me would be Colombia vs Ivory Coast where my favorite young footballer, James Rodriguez will be on display. Also to watch, Didier Drogba and the brilliant Fiorentina-based, Ronaldinho-like ball juggler, Juan Cuadrado.

We hope that Ivory Coast will keep the African hope alive.

Lots of great matches today. But try to check out my last post on recent matches in the 2014 World Cup….

And oh yes! by the way, I strongly disagree with CNN's choice of goal of the tournament so far! 

Tim Cahill of Australia’s goal is NOT the goal of the tournament in any way!!!

Leo Messi and Arjen Robben’s (against Australia) goals were WAY MORE technically difficult and beautiful. Even Robin van Persie’s header against Spain was better than that volley.

So what do you think?

Ivory Coast v Colombia, Cameroun v Croatia : Getting Ready For Action

Just Relaxing And Sharing My Thoughts
On The World Cup So Far

As I look forward to the crackers between Cameroun & Croatia, then Ivory Coast vs Colombia, I would be personally paying close attention to Samuel Eto, Rakitic, and Kovacic. While in the other game I am particularly interested in Yaya Toure, Didier Drogba, and James Rodriguez (pronounced Hamez by the way). Nevertheless let me scribble a few thoughts about some of the games I have seen so far....

Ghana 1 - USA 2

He may not be as skillful as Edin Hazard, but Clint Dempsey was impressive as his US side beat Ghana 2-1 despite the support of the juju man that was supposed to be charging the Ghanian team's spiritual batteries.
There is a very interesting article about this Ghanaian Voodoo man by the way.
He was my man of the match, eventhough the evergreen Asamoah Gyan was also special. The youngster Andre Ayew was great as well, so also were Kwando Asamoah of Ghana and Sean Bradley of the USA.

Argentina 2 - Bosnia Herzegovina 1

Lionel Messi may have started slow, but he ended the game in world class fashion. A fantastic goal that would easily contend for goal of the tournament puts Messi in a class of his own as Argentina narrowly edged out Bosnia 2-1. Angel DiMaria was also special in that game.

Neymar was full of colourful tricks when his side took on Mexico, but they were not enough to beat the Mexican Goalie, Ochoa, who bore no resemblance with Argentina's keeper, Sergio Romero. hahaha!
So....Brazil 0 - Mexico 0

So other matches were played, but I have very little time to type this post. Please subscribe to my blog if you want to hear more of my football ranting. 

When I find some more time, I will do some in-depth analysis, and I will be inviting some of you to post your tactical ideas on my blog......so get ready!