A rather underwhelming day yesterday. A frankly terrible Slovakia side put forward such a mild mannered, meek and obsequious display against New Zealand that it made one wonder how they actually survived being liquidated by, first, the Nazi's and then the Soviets. The Ivory Coast elephants and Portugal both decided their game wasn't worth winning either.
And then we had mighty Brazil taking on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as they insist people call them. Had Kim Jong-Il spent his golden years travelling around the many prisons of North Korea gathering together a rag-tag bunch of hardened criminals and desperados, offering them a chance of freedom by accepting a mission to travel behind enemy lines and blow up a French cha...hang on that's the plot of the
Dirty Dozen isn't it? Anyway, it turns out that the great leader's revolutionary training methods were a massive success.
Who could fail to be moved by the Korean chap in floods of tears as the national anthem played in the background. Ok, we weren't sure if he was overcome by the occasion or had forgotten the words and was contemplating the certain execution of his entire family at the sound of the final whistle, but it was a powerful moment nonetheless. They held out 'til half time but in the second half, buoyed by a promise that Dunga, Brazil's coach, would burn his hideous coat should they secure the win, victory was assured.
Dunga adopts the 'worried tugboat captain on his first visit to a popular gay nightclub' look.
It's Honduras v. Chile today...no i've got nothing. Chile will win. Or they won't.
Switzerland, fresh from their wartime experiences in looking after stolen Nazi gold, should feel at home in South Africa, home to some equally racist white chaps with very sinister accents indeed. Unfortunately for the Swiss they are playing Spain, who like nothing more than tying cuckoo clocks to medium sized four legged animals and pushing them out of clock towers. Come on Johnny Spaniard i'm expecting good things from you.
Oh, and Uruguay are playing South Africa as well...
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