World Cup 2006: 2nd round recap, 3rd round picks

2nd Round Germany v. Sweden: I correctly picked Germany, thinking that home field advantage and superior talent would let them walk all over the tired-looking Swedes. Yup, pretty much. Argentina v. Mexico: I correctly picked Argentina, but I did not anticipate that...

World Cup 2006: Spain v. France

Spain earns a penalty and takes a 1-0 lead on an exceptionally well-placed PK. Ribery, easily the man of the match and showing talent he’s kept well-hidden in previous World Cup engagements, outran two defenders and beat the keeper 1 v 1 to tie the score....

Superman! (In case you were wondering)

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World Cup 2006: Ghana v. Brazil

Despite a couple of decent chances for Ghana, you get the feeling that Brazil didn’t break a sweat in the first half. Ronaldo easily scored his 15th World Cup goal making him the scoring leader. Indeed, it took the Brazilians only 5 minutes to break the Ghana...

World Cup 2006: Ukraine v. Switzerland

This was the type of game where you didn’t want either team to lose; you wanted both of them to lose. Dreadful performances from both sides led to 90 minutes of give-away followed to 30 overtime minutes of the same. The horror show was mercifully ended by a...