World Cup Game #51

The 4-1 scoreline in Germany's favour over England was about right for this game, I felt. All the talk will be about the disallowed goal but the fact is that Germany were devastating on the counter-attack whilst England were flat, Rooney still napping away. The English defence was caught napping so many times that it just became painful to watch and it could well have been 6-1 by the end. The impotence of the English attack just embarrassed me after a while. At the final whistle it felt like someone had removed a pain, so agonizing was it to watch England's stumbling fumbling shuffle.

World Cup Game #52

Every other team still in this competition should be worried by this result - Argentina look better in each game they play and this one was no exception. Messi was quiet again but Tevez stepped up to the plate this time. Not only did he score two goals but his runs out of midfield and into the penalty area tore Mexico apart time and again. The shot he made for his second goal was just brilliant, that goal being one of the best scored so far in this round. After Higuain was gifted a goal (along with with Tevez' pair), it was all over, bar the shouting. Mexico didn't give up and gamely hammered away but it was too little too late, finishing 3-1 to Argentina over Mexico.