Australia 1, Cameroon 1; Chile 1, Germany 1
Two good games today. The first was dominated by the Cameroonians, who, failing to win, hurt their chances of advancing to the second round. Defending, they made their opponents seem quite toothless (the Australian striker, Tim Cahill, whom the announcers covered in glory, hardly got any touches). But when they were attacking, the Cameroonians weren’t precise enough; and with one clattering foul, they gifted the Australians the penalty kick which was the tying goal.
In the second match, the veteran Chileans employed their usual suffocating press against the youthful German B-team. It brought them their early goal. Then they kept on employing the press, and the Germans passed their way through it and scored their goal.
What I’d like is for the Chileans to reach the final and to be whalloped so hard by this German B-team that they fall apart in World Cup qualifying. Ecuador needs someone to overtake.
(If you are not Germany, and you don’t have a factory of talent to depend on, these useless little tournaments lead only to distraction, despair, and death.)
In the second match, the veteran Chileans employed their usual suffocating press against the youthful German B-team. It brought them their early goal. Then they kept on employing the press, and the Germans passed their way through it and scored their goal.
What I’d like is for the Chileans to reach the final and to be whalloped so hard by this German B-team that they fall apart in World Cup qualifying. Ecuador needs someone to overtake.
(If you are not Germany, and you don’t have a factory of talent to depend on, these useless little tournaments lead only to distraction, despair, and death.)