mindless ramblings

Group A Poland finally got a win at the expense of the Costa Ricans. With both teams already out of the tournament, it didn’t really matter though. Mr. Maidin from Singapore was in charge of this one too, and I wonder if we’ll see him in the later stages. He has done pretty well so [...]

Saudi Arabia blamed the rain for screwing up their game, as they collapsed to a 4-0 thrashing by the Ukrainians, who had led their first game 4-0 to the Spaniards. The Saudis never looked like taking anything from the game, especially after Andriy Rusol’s 4th minute opener. The Ukranians executed their game plan to perfection, [...]

Thierry Henry scored the early goal to put the French ahead against the Koreans, but they paid the price for sitting back when Park Ji-Sung equalized in the 81st minute to bring it to 1-1. The Koreans piled on the pressure in the last quarter of the game and it really paid off. They are [...]