by Ty Davison | Jun 17, 2006 | Sports
OMG! Ghana scores in less than 2 minutes, accomplishing what the US couldn’t do in a full 90 on Monday. What a stunner! 1-0 Ghana. Ghana plays an inspired first half with some decent chances. In fact, on the whole, I’d say that they outplayed the Czechs,...
by Ty Davison | Jun 17, 2006 | Sports
The big test here should be whether or not Portugal can put together a full 90 minute game against inferior talent. Everyone was generally happy with how they came out in their first game, but their quality seemed to devolve over the course of the game and their...
by Ty Davison | Jun 16, 2006 | Sports
Admittedly, I don’t expect Mexico to have much trouble here. This is Angola’s first trip to the World Cup, and while it may not be their last, I sure didn’t pick them to make second round. At the same time, the Mexican defense is plenty suspect,...
by Ty Davison | Jun 16, 2006 | Sports
Ivory Coast has the run of play in the opening 20 minutes, then Netherlands rockets a free kick just outside the box. 1-0 Netherlands. Ivory Coast follows up by getting a yellow. Less than 3 minutes later, Netherlands puts in a second goal with some nice passing in...
by Ty Davison | Jun 16, 2006 | Sports
Fakers v. Thugs. Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful, says Argentina, and we don’t. We hate you because you flop at the slightest contact. It’s amazing that the wind doesn’t blow some of those guys over. Now Serbia, well, a loss by Serbia...
by Ty Davison | Jun 15, 2006 | Sports
Light blogging, kids ahoy. Fairly even first half with Sweden having the better chances. Paraguay has had a few themselves, but I don’t think the quality has been nearly as good, and Paraguay looked very tired coming off at half time. I expect Sweden to...
