Mexican Salsa Dip: 2 French Onion Soup: 0
18/06/10 02:01
Viva Mexico Cabrones!
A remarkable victory for the Mexicans as they inflicted Irish revenge on the French team, destroying them two nothing! France were tame with little threat to the South American goal and it was the pace of Mexico that was the decisive factor as they beat the offside trap for the first and were first to ball to force a penalty for the second. Both goals were beautifully finished as Hernandez rounded the keeper for goal one and old man Blanco (crikey I'm older than him!) tucked away the penalty perfectly in the bottom left corner. What was astonishing was that Domenech didn't call on Henry to make the difference, if only Zidane was still playing, he certainly would have provided the inspiration so desperately required, at the very least he could have started a ruck on the edge of the goal area! Now they look dodgy to qualify so just watch for Mexico and Uruguay play out a goalless draw in the next match to see them through.
Earlier in the day, Greece struggled through against a 10 man Nigeria scoring two goals which are the first they've ever scored in the World Cup Finals. Not the most scintillating of matches but a result is a result eh? For a lot of Footcallers 2-1 was a popular score.
Game one of the day was an altogether more exciting affair. Argentina with probably the best attack in the tournament and also the worst defence ran out winners 4-1 against South Korea. Mr Messi, probably the best player in the world, ran riot once again having a hand much of the play but without scoring. It was his frontline partner, Higuain, who scored the first hat trick of the competition. They look awesome up front but if they want to win the trophy they are going to have to sort out their defence. They remind me of Newcastle Utd 96/97 season, loads of talent up front but a little bit suspect at the back. We just need Maradona to come out and say "I would love it if we beat them, love it!"
And so to the Footcall league...Paul Barden (Blue Moon) and John Trent picked up a 3 pointer to move up a few places. So too did Shane the Kulpritt Barden but it was the notable move off the bottom spot for Super Alex Church who picked up his first 3 and storm up to 108th!
Quite a few 3s in game two including Darren "Badders" Alldritt, yet another correct score for Jill Fuller and Sam Ford. Gavin "Lampkin" Day and Jake Martin picked up their first red square along with Matt "My Arm Hurts" Green and Captain David Frost. I'd like pay special tribute to Leigh "I love Chris Hollins" Boardman who had a wonderful back to back 3 pointer, possibly the most appreciated 6 points in the history of Footcall. Also to my good buddy Steve "3 Lions" Cowland also picked up his first 3 possibly the best present he could ask for ahead of his wedding on Saturday. Good luck to him and Clare for their big day!
Prediction of the day must go to David Hitch. For Crying out Loud was the only player to guess Mexico to win 2-0, was it a guess or did he know something? Hmmm, I'm suspecting foul play, perhaps we should raise an investigation ;-)
England back on tomorrow, surely they can't put us through the mill again, not against Algeria?
Dj