I'm back! Came back from Singapore yesterday. Apparently, Universal Studios was booked till Monday
What a load of bullsh*it....anyways still had fun in Sentosa, Hard Rock hotel was AWESOME
Managed to keep tabs on all the games, even though didnt watch them completely. Came home and watched Brazil vs. Ivory Coast yesterday. I'll review all the games i've missed now.
Germany 4-0 Australia
Managed to see the first two goals before our flight. We reached the hotel early morning and i managed to watch the highlights of the rest of the game on BBC. Fantastic match it was
Germany played slick football, brilliant passing, great goals and by this point looked like sure winners!
Holland 2-0 Denmark
Kept tabs on it on BBC later. I hear Holland didnt play good, but got the win.
Japan 1-0 Cameroon
Kinda surprised at a bad form Japan with an under-pressure coach beat Cameroon.
Italy 1-1 Paraguay
Got this result spot on. Italy are rubbish at the moment and the moment i saw the friendly between Italy and Mexico, i knew they were going to struggle.
New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia
Found out the result next morning, heard it was a spirited comeback for New Zealand. They've surprised me so far this WC.
Ivory Coast 0-0 Portugal
So sad to see another boring 0-0 draw, but Portugal were disappointing and i expect a tough match for them tomorrow against Korea DPR..
Brazil 2-1 Korea DPR
Expected Brazil to breeze through, but now i've seen how spirited the Koreans are and i have a feeling they can give Portugal and Ivory Coast a tough time! Brazil on the other hand did their job.
Honduras 0-1 Chile
I expected Chile to do well this world cup and they played brilliant football. I think they'll top the group.
Spain 0-1 Switzerland
Absolute shocker. Noone in the world expected this. Before everyone's favourites to win the WC were Spain. Those views might have changed ever since. I still think Spain will qualify, but i expect tough games for them, expecially the last one against Chile.
South Africa 0-3 Uruguay
Nightmare for every South African. Even i'm heartbroken. Certainly a cruel blow to South Africa. I had predicted South Africa and France to qualify. I dont think either of them will. Thumbs up to Uruguay.
Argentina 4-1 South Korea
Diego Maradona proved everyone wrong with this result i guess. Surely they can go to even win the WC. I expect this result to shut every Argentina and Maradona critic up now. Fantastic game of football, great hattrick by Higuain, who was horrible against Nigeria imo.
Greece 2-1 Nigeria
I didnt quite get the red card at first but turned out Kaita had really kicked the Greece player. I didnt see anything in that kick though and thought the Greek player overreacted. Absolutely gutted for Nigerians and Africans.
France 0-2 Mexico
While shopping in Mostafa, a 24 hour store where you can find everything literally at amazinly cheap prices, I saw in one of the LCD TVs a bit of the match. And i laughed. France were pitiful, and this is not the coach's fault. Its the arrogance of the players. Look what happened to Anelka. Mexico were brilliant and they deserve to qualify. I guess this spells the exit of France from the WC. I had a feeling this would happen, only reason i didnt predict it was because i thought they'd step up their game like Argentina. Obviously they did not.
Germany 0-1 Serbia
Biggest shock of the WC! Didnt expect this from a team that just thrashed Australia. I'm still shell shocked with this result. Podolski should have scored. However, we played great football and i think we'll go through, and the only reason we lost was because the ref was a ****.
Slovenia 2-2 USA
What a comeback! This just shows how spirited USA are. They're both level on points with England, but the difference is obvious. They have spirit and determination, which the English dont. Credit must also go to Slovenia who i really underestimated before. I fancy them to top the group but i really hope England steps up their game and beats them.
England 0-0 Algeria
Woeful. Pitiful. So many words to describe the English squad. Algeria deserved to win. By this point, i have doubts whether they'll even qualify. Specially with a tough game against Slovenia coming up. Nothing more to say. Look at the other teams(cept France). Look at Germany. We LOST while you guys DREW. Noone is calling the Germans pitiful and yet the English are being called pitiful. There's a reason for this and its glaringly obvious.
Holland 1-0 Japan
Congrats to Holland for advancing, but they still look shaky imo.
Ghana 1-1 Australia
Was spot on again. Ghana are the only African team that look like qualifying at the moment, and that is sad. Even Ivory Coast might not go through.
Cameroon 1-2 Denmark
Saw the first 10 minutes and Cameroon dominated. Eto scored a great goal. Have no idea what suddenly happened. Gutted for the Cameroonians.
Slovakia 0-2 Paraguay
Kind of expected. Paraguay finished only 1 point behind Brazil in qualifying and i expect them to top the group and go far.
Italy 1-1 New Zealand
Woeful result for the Italians, but atleast they dominated the game, unlike England. They still need a win to qualify and it would be funny if France and Italy fail to progress. Hats off to New Zealand for a brave performance.
Brazil 3-1 Ivory Coast
What an entertaining match. Brazil dominated, but there were signs where Ivorians threatened. They eventually got their goal, which was clearly onside. Plus all the madness in the end was unnecessary and Kaka got a red card for nothing. So many red cards this WC.
Overall
South Americans playing brilliant footy, Europeans struggling. Great shocks in the 2nd round and expect even more. Oh and red card frenzy and the goalkeeper madness.
Predictions:
Portugal 1-0 Korea DPR
Chile 1-0 Switzerland
Spain 2-0 Honduras