Here we go... here we go... here we go...
12/06/10 01:20
Right that's it, day one complete, the hosts have played and kept up the successfully tradition of the opening game with a cracking strike against the Mexicans to take a surprising lead. Even though the South Americans bossed the game early on, they struggled to pull a draw out of the hat. Tshabalaba rifled a goal in the top right corner for what could be one of the goals of the tournament! After the South African goal was scored I updated the league table and only 5 players had predicted 1-0 to SA but in classic Footcall style they lost their 3 pointers when the equalizer went in. This brought in a whole wave of others to the top of the table, 28 players all told, one of whom is the GLW (good lady wife) along with many others including Blue Moon, Where's The Salad Doris (nice one James) and for Jo Mackenzie, things clearly have got better as she's already got nearly more points than she got in total in Footcall 2008. Not the greatest quality game but exciting none the less and if the Africans had scored instead of hitting the post right at the death things, would have been different.
And so on to Uruguay v France. What a contrast from the opener, a total bore draw! Well maybe not that boring but it certainly was very cagy and whilst Forlan showed a bit of promise and Ribery ran like a headless chicken down the flanks, not a great deal happened to test the keepers as the formations pretty much cancelled each other out. The 0-0 scoreline was not a popular choice either with only a handful predicting a draw and just three players predicting a no score draw, all three are seasoned Footcallers, Alan Church, Peter Nilsen and top of the tree is Kevin Appleton and his team Tonbridge Street Elite the only player with a perfect 6 points, careful Kev, it's a long way down.
So we move on to the one to watch, England v USA let's see how we get on.
I'm off to buy my own vuvuzela to annoy the cats!
Dj