Well, the US is currently in the process of being completely and totally crushed by the Czech Republic. I think the score was 3-0 last time I checked. Wretched. Simply Wretched. I knew that they wouldn’t really be able to hold their own according to the FIFA ranking, but I didn’t expect them to allow such a gap in the score. I’m glad I’m not watching the game and can only see updates on the web. I’m a little bit scared to see the game knowing the score, but I’ll watch it anyway. A long time ago, politicians would often refer to the sport of soccer as a “communist” or “socialist” sport. I think they did this to hide their shame from the fact that we were regularly crushed by everyone else in the world in the sport. Sadly, some people in the US still consider it a “socialist/communist” sport. To you I say: Sit on my fist and rotate bitches, fun stops at the elbow.

I haven’t watched any of the games yet, but I’ve seen the highlights on the BBC and some of the other soccer junkie pages. The big surprise was the Sweden v Trinidad and Tobago game. I was shocked that the small underdog of underdog teams managed to pull off a draw. Holy shit on a swizzle stick! I would have pegged Sweden to hand them a polite, but firm loss. I was infinitely impressed. Maybe Sweden was having an off day, of maybe T&T are just pumped full of adrenaline and fairy dust. Who knows. Either way, this is like an upset for Sweden and I’m reveling in it. All underdogs know how to take the small victories. Trinidad and Tobago, I salute thee!

Then we get to the English team. Britain. If I had one word to sum up their play (from what I’ve seen) it would be: desperate. These blokes are desperate to win. While they managed the 1-0 over Paraguay, it was sad. You could see the sheer desperate fear driving them in the game and it made them sloppy. I watched what might be considered highlights of the game, but even the highlights were dull. The English went out in the first 5 minutes and scored, then the rest of the game sort of just fell flat. But, that is what desperate play gets you.

Australia handed Japan a loss. This is unsurprising and expected. For all the love the Japanese have for the sport and sport in general, I don’t think this is their year. For the most part, the rest of the games were expected, but well played. I want to see the Mexico v Iran game in total along with the Sweden game and the US game. However, I need to find hinky jinky copies to watch them.

I also want to see the Italians play. Maybe the US can beat them and squeak into the next round with the Czech. Tomorrow, Brazil plays Croatia. That game will be beautiful. I can already see the art on the field. It’s another one I want to find and watch in total, hopefully I’ll be able to find it.

Posted by Utopia at June 12, 2006 02:00 PM

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