Tuesday, June 27, 2006
World Cup again
Yeah, I'd write about other stuff... but it seems like nothing bothers me other than the World Cup today... and some personal issues but you didn't come here to listen to personal stuff.
Anyway, England did it, they edged Ecuador 1-0... David Beckham scored a great free kick but other than that brought on a poor display, but I do want to see him encouraged, after all, I don't hate the player, I actually think he's a good player... did a mistake by going to Real Madrid and becoming a model, well, a football career mistake (he himself said that football is all what matters to him and all the other stuff are just a bonus).
But we aren't going to talk about Beckham that much...
So Brazil stole a victory from Ghana (3-0)... despite the margin, two goals were illegal (offside) and really, Ghana played way more than expected that I dare to stay they played a lot better than Brazil and showed great opprotunities to score goals... unlucky.
Switzerland vs Ukraine was a nightmare (0-0, Ukraine won in penalties 3-0)...
I can't believe how ridiculous that game was, really, if you can't sleep at night, get this game on DVD and watch till you doze off (shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes).
P.S. Switzerland broke a mundial (World Cup) record by not scoring even one goal in penalties.
I didn't watch the other games so I can't judge, but I heard that Australia were also unlucky to have a poor referee in the match against Italy, giving a penalty in injury time, 30 seconds before whistle which snapped a 1-0 edge win.
Anyway, this World Cup somehow dissapoints the fans because of the low score and mostly because of the poor refereeing, I mean, the games were literally sold to the favourite teams, everything happens as expected and the matches are boring, I hope the quarter finals would worth to watch, I know that I can enjoy any England game, but other than that... come on.
So let's focus again on England;
Last game, Eriksson appeared to have listened to my advice, they played 4-5-1 with Gerrard, Lampard and Carrick as central midfielders, he also put Owen Hargreaves as a right defender, a move which I doubted at first but looking at how well this player can play defensively, I admired the manager's desicion (although, me and Eriksson have a lot to settle before I see eye to eye with him)
It really worthed to use that tactic it because they had a lot of control in midfield... Joe Cole as usual, gave his best and I hope Jose Mourinho spotted that and won't dry him on the bench (Chelsea...).
As for the next game against Portugal (I heard the match between The Netherlands and Portugal was more like world wrestling entertainment than football), actually considering Portugal's last match, I can see them coming with a lack of moral and England wants to show what they can do finally, I really hope for England that they make it to the semi-finals... good luck boys.
That's it for the World Cup, please share your comments if you see this post.
Anyway, England did it, they edged Ecuador 1-0... David Beckham scored a great free kick but other than that brought on a poor display, but I do want to see him encouraged, after all, I don't hate the player, I actually think he's a good player... did a mistake by going to Real Madrid and becoming a model, well, a football career mistake (he himself said that football is all what matters to him and all the other stuff are just a bonus).
But we aren't going to talk about Beckham that much...
So Brazil stole a victory from Ghana (3-0)... despite the margin, two goals were illegal (offside) and really, Ghana played way more than expected that I dare to stay they played a lot better than Brazil and showed great opprotunities to score goals... unlucky.
Switzerland vs Ukraine was a nightmare (0-0, Ukraine won in penalties 3-0)...
I can't believe how ridiculous that game was, really, if you can't sleep at night, get this game on DVD and watch till you doze off (shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes).
P.S. Switzerland broke a mundial (World Cup) record by not scoring even one goal in penalties.
I didn't watch the other games so I can't judge, but I heard that Australia were also unlucky to have a poor referee in the match against Italy, giving a penalty in injury time, 30 seconds before whistle which snapped a 1-0 edge win.
Anyway, this World Cup somehow dissapoints the fans because of the low score and mostly because of the poor refereeing, I mean, the games were literally sold to the favourite teams, everything happens as expected and the matches are boring, I hope the quarter finals would worth to watch, I know that I can enjoy any England game, but other than that... come on.
So let's focus again on England;
Last game, Eriksson appeared to have listened to my advice, they played 4-5-1 with Gerrard, Lampard and Carrick as central midfielders, he also put Owen Hargreaves as a right defender, a move which I doubted at first but looking at how well this player can play defensively, I admired the manager's desicion (although, me and Eriksson have a lot to settle before I see eye to eye with him)
It really worthed to use that tactic it because they had a lot of control in midfield... Joe Cole as usual, gave his best and I hope Jose Mourinho spotted that and won't dry him on the bench (Chelsea...).
As for the next game against Portugal (I heard the match between The Netherlands and Portugal was more like world wrestling entertainment than football), actually considering Portugal's last match, I can see them coming with a lack of moral and England wants to show what they can do finally, I really hope for England that they make it to the semi-finals... good luck boys.
That's it for the World Cup, please share your comments if you see this post.
# posted by Avihoo Ilan @ 11:16 PM 
