06-24-2010, 06:08 PM
(06-24-2010, 05:55 PM)Jester Wrote:(06-24-2010, 03:59 PM)Gnollguy Wrote: Well considering Italy finished last in their group I guess you don't need to worry about that now.
They finished last in their group... that contained *New Zealand*. This World Cup is just full of surprises.
-Jester
It really is. France finishing last in their group with South Africa who is rated worse than New Zealand, though being the host country is a real boost in this sport is still somewhat on par to what happened to Italy. But Paraguay and Slovakia are not the same caliber as Uruguay and Mexico either. Italy should have had the easiest road to the next round. South Korea advancing was not expected either. Greece and Nigeria are solid teams and SK getting in over them was not expected. Agentina at least was true to form and very dominating. I'm not as surprised about Ghana advancing but they were still the 4th rated team in their group.
I've enjoyed watching several of the games. I watched probably 60% of the France and Slovakia game and yeah, France was outplayed but it was still a good match to watch. I should be able to catch most of the Denmark and Japan game today as well. Yes I'm watching them online from work, but today I'm mostly testing to see if code works on the new server configuration and reporting any issues, it's not a high focus job.
I think it's all been good for the sport. Several good comeback games, lots of well played close matches and a few big upsets. Been an enjoyable tourney so far.
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.