My World Cup Journey - continue..

South Korea vs. Greece

• Tipped SK to win and the result is Greeks lost dearly.
• Thought SK was one of the average participants in the tournament based on history, however, the result turned out to be Greece, once the EU Cup Champion, is definitely the weakest team so far. 
• Greece had no speed, no tactics, no technicians, and most importantly no clear mindset on what they were doing on the pitch. They were not only completely outpaced by the Taiji Tiger, but also rhythm-led throughout the whole match. 

Argentina vs. Nigeria

• Tipped Maradona's boys to win and result is they beat the African Eagles.
• Argentina didn't show a clear tactics during the match as they probably didn't have one. When you have several Maradonas on the pitch, the one thing you can leave behind is tactics. Don't know how far they will go in this tournament, but qualifying from the group doesn't seem unrealistic. 
• Nigeria played individual football, no team play at much. When you play individually and play an opponent like Argentina, you are meant to lose.

England vs USA

• Tipped USA to beat England, but the result is a draw.
• USA played a better football than the English. At least they played modern football with a role clearly defined for every one from the team and the execution was excellent. England salvaged a draw for having so many stars, nothing else.
• The English goalkeeper shouldn't be much to blame. He made a stupid mistake but also redeemed himself from saving a goal that could sink England all together. However, a mistake is a mistake, the world cup ball is not the culprit.
• Another fact I have observed is England is still the old England that has weak competitive mentality. When they lost a goal, everyone started playing nervously giving ball easily to the opponents. Well, no wonder they lost so many times in penalty shootouts!

Algeria vs. Slovenia

• Tipped Slovenia to win and they did win over the desert fox by one goal.
• It is worth remembering that Slovenia got their first ever world cup win yesterday thanks to Algeria.
• Algerian team is like a group of adolescent boys, running all over the place without a clear objective, having so much energy but no thoughts. Slovenia, on the other hand, played typical European football that held the play structure well and sealed the opportunity when it rised.
• Also I am not surprise Algeria got one man sent off. Again, adolescent males make stupid and unreasonable mistakes.

Germany vs. Australia

• Tipped on Germans and socceroos didn't disappoint me by losing to them with 4 goals conceded.
• It was a comprehensive win by the Germans over the Australians. I knew before the match that socceroos would have little chance to beat Germany, but didn't anticipate it was a four-goal cushion.
• Tim Cahill got sent off as a matter of fact, this guy didn't learn the lessons from the friendly against New Zealand. When you play bully football on the world cup stage (not A-League or EPL) in front of Latin or South American referee (Mexico in this case), tackling from the behind with two feet, you would expect a straight red.