german weltmeisterschaft is gut. ballack gone is gut. hoping if US gets through we won't be matched up with them in round of 16. will happen if we finish 2nd and they finish 1st in their group. krauts definitely look the best so far. but a lot of the other favorites haven't played. dutch, spanish, portuguese, cote d'ivoire, brazil
US needs probably needs 5 points to get out of the group. and 7 to win it. thought u.s. deserved the draw and with a little more luck could have got the full 3.
through 1/2 the first round of games in the group stage i'm thinking
goalkeeping - . the south african keeper was awesome against the mexicans, the nigerian keeper kept their team in it against argentina. and tim howard's dominance of that stupid british $!#* of a keeper was epic
crazy balls and slick pitches - this ball is flying in the altitude and all long passes, if they hit the turf, are bouncing uncontrollably. the ball also skips real hard on the grass and gets to players a lot faster than they expect.
vuvuzela's - don't mind them and get used to them. broadcasters though are getting pissed
germans - wow. aussies are down but that was a downright dominating performance. germans in last 3 cups have scored 16 goals in their opening game.
out of here until i watch all the games on dvr tonight.
8 games down ... 55 to go