World Cup Update
8:08 AM
Alright folks, I'm back for the next update. I meant to do this tomorrow morning, but I figure I might not get around to it and I would like to update while the match is fresh in my mind.1) Netherlands vs Serbia and Montenegro: 1 - 0, Robben (17th)
Official records dictate that he scored in the 18th meaning, but looking at the timer, it was 17:43 and he was running around hugging his mates, so I'm sticking with my version.
Very Owen-ish goal, get the ball, run like mad towards the goal with 2 defenders hot on both sides, nobody else covering the mouth of the goal, wham, in it goes past the goalie. If you ask me, the bravest of all goalies couldn't have blocked such a scary goal as that. Not bad.
Robben had a few half-assed attempts - okay, maybe they weren't half assed. Nistelrooy was taken off. Netherlands played as expected, although for a so-called strong team you would have expected some magic on the field, but England sucked worse.
SnM seemed as if they couldn't gel together. There were interesting bursts of individual magic, very skilled footwork and ball handling. There were even some good crosses - but passes sucked. Terribly. They had a smattering of corners and free kicks, all wasted. Because nobody was in the right position to pick it up and continue. So many missed opportunities. Football's a game of missed opportunities alright, but these were really really terrible ones to miss, where a good cross is just met with a blank stare - it's like they were shocked the ball came their way. If they were there at all.
All in all, SnM looked as if they could have done better. In terms of possession, handling, they seem to be able to give the Dutch a run for their money. But because they lack the good passes, and no seamless team work, it's all lost to the wind. But they put up some fight, although you get the feeling that they weren't burning to equalise. At the most, I felt that only one or two players were burning on their own, and everybody else just didn't seem to give the support. Disappointing, but hey, it's 2 countries merged into one team.
We'll be having Mexico and Iran in less than an hour, and Angola and Portugal after that. But nobody will be watching that, except for maybe a slice of Portugal action where Portugal will probably be predicted to give Angola a good whooping. I'll have the scores up tomorrow afternoon via LiveScore, but if I'm gonna catch these games it'll be reruns. I have to teach tomorrow, so no staying up at indecent hours. Besides, the cable telly's in the old folks' room. I"d probably watch it if it was in the living room.
I've decided to monitor my hits.
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