Wowsers. Japan beat Spain today, after having beaten Germany on Day One, and die Mannschaft is out of the tournament. Earlier, Belgium was bounced after being held to a draw against a dangerous Croatia, which never looked as though it gave up on scoring despite enduring a late barrage from the Red Devils. It was compelling viewing.
The domination of Western Europe and South America seems to be weaker than it has ever been
ReplyDeleteAsia and Africa are doing better than usual, but CONCACAF has only the US in the knockout round. Western Europe is very well represented by Portugal, Spain, France, England, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Croatia and Poland carrying the flags for Eastern Europe. So half the round of 16 is from UEFA.
DeleteThey made it to the next round, but they have all been bloodied and none of them seem to be invincible.
DeleteBy bloodied I mean that no one got nine points so they all showed signs of being vulnerable.
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