Observation: ESPN soccer commentators are idiots who need to stop bringing everything back to the US/Italy game.
Observation: Trinidad & Tobago were unlucky.
Prediction: Neither England nor Sweden will advance past the Round of 16.
Prediction: Italy 2 USA 0
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France vs Italy eh, could be good, could be not good...
Italy did well to hold off Germany, their defence+goalie look invulnerable.
They're good on the counter, but the first goal looked like a defensive error by the Germans, looked like someone missed their assignment.
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--Known as the “Lady of the Cells” for her Nobel Prize-winning discovery of NGF (nerve growth factor) which helped unlock mysteries of both normal and abnormal growth of nerve cells in the body
--Died recently in Italy at age 103
The geriatric leaders of the government of Italy are making fools of themselves by trying to regulate bloggers, i.e., get them to register with the government, pay taxes, be li
Apart from the early morning matches when I need to listen to what's happening while I'm getting ready for work, I've been trying to avoid ESPN's commentary. Especially since it looks like the US v. Italy match is going to be a non-event.
The fútbol fans at the office have decided that it's ¡Univision SÃ! ¡ESPN No! during lunchtime. That will certainly hold true for Friday's Mexico v. Angola match.
It irks me to no end that players like T&T's Shaka Hislop and Paraguay's Nelson Valdez, whose save today against Sweden was an absolute stunner and has my vote for the best play of the tournament so far, can play their hearts out while their opponents squeak by with victories. I guess that's (literally) the way the ball bounces.