TheGooner

OK - techincally - it's actually winter for me down here in New Zealand - but as I spend most of my working day (and night) writing and thinking about European Football and US NFL and NCAA football ... it's still a summer break for me.


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So after an incident packed Quarter-Final round, the stage is set for a pair of classic semi-finals with three European nations Spain, Germany and Holland and South Americans Uruguay.

Holland v Uruguay
Betting Lines - Holland 1.61 -- Draw 3.50 -- Uruguay 7.00

Holland and Uruguay will face off in the first semi-final on July 6th in Cape Town, with the Dutch side marked up as strong favourties to progress to the final.

Holland have won all five matches ...

Updated 07-05-2010 at 11:50 PM by TheGooner

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The second round is now complete - and we can all fill in our "wallchart" and work out the fixtures for the quarter-finals and beyond.

If you don't have your wallchart handy - I'll run through the fixtures now :

Friday 2nd July :
- 4:00pm Netherlands v Brazil -- RESULT : 2-1
- 8:30pm Uruguay v Ghana -- RESULT : 1-1 (4-2 on pens)

Saturday 3rd July :
- 4:00pm Argentina v Germany -- RESULT : 0-4 ...

Updated 07-05-2010 at 11:51 PM by TheGooner

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The group stages are now complete - and we can all fill in our "wallchart" and work out who is facing who in the second round.

If you don't have your wallchart handy - I'll run through the fixtures now :

Saturday 26th June :
- 4:00pm Uruguay v South Korea Result : 2-1
- 8:30pm United States v Ghana Result : 1-2 (AET)

Sunday 27th June :
- 4:00pm Germany v England Result : 4-1
- 8:30pm Argentina v Mexico Result : ...

Updated 07-05-2010 at 11:52 PM by TheGooner

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So - what are the first impressions of the World Cup after the first few days of group play?

1. Competitiveness
Nearly all of the games have been tight affairs. Defence first has been the mantra of most coaches - as they seek to avoid a negative first up result.

2. Enough with the Vuvuzela's
After four days of watching football being played in a din that sound like 1,000 hives of angry bees I am totally over this "traditional" supporters ...