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Switzeland v. France
The Swiss will be disappointed not to have edged this one.
The French performance raises a number of questions. Such as:
1. Does anyone on this planet apart from Raymond Domenech (and possibly Sylvain Wiltord's mum) honestly believe that Sylvain Wiltord is good enough to play for France? How does he get picked ahead of Ludovic Giuly? I don't know if Giuly is injured, but unless he has a minimum of two broken legs, then I think he should get the nod over Wiltord. At least Wiltord has the decency to look vaguely embarrassed by his inclusion.
2. Why does pulling on a blue uniform turn Thierry Henry from Superman into Clark Kent? How on earth can a player who looks like a world-beater every week for Arsenal look like he's scared he's going to trip over his own feet for the national team? The best gooner on the pitch yesterday was Phillipe Senderos!
3. How has Patrick Vieira managed in just two seasons to change from the best defensive midfielder in the world into The New Carlton Palmer?
Brazil v. Croatia
Again, the underdogs will be bitterly disappointed not to have got more from the game.
Brazil's decision to play the Teletubbies up front nearly backfired. I expect to see Robinho on from the start in future. Good goal from Kaka, but otherwise they were mostly pretty ordinary.
I kept being reminded of the story of the Emperor's New Clothes. It took the moronic Motty an hour before he stopped creaming his pants about how great the Brazilians are, and admitted that they were actually very disappointing.
Back in the studio, the pundits ripped into Brazil at the end. Earlier they had had the nerve to speculate that this Brazilian side could be better than the sides of '70 and '82! What a joke! The only player who would get near those teams is Ronaldinho, while Kaka might make the squad. The rest of them are journeymen in Brazilian terms.
The Swiss will be disappointed not to have edged this one.
The French performance raises a number of questions. Such as:
1. Does anyone on this planet apart from Raymond Domenech (and possibly Sylvain Wiltord's mum) honestly believe that Sylvain Wiltord is good enough to play for France? How does he get picked ahead of Ludovic Giuly? I don't know if Giuly is injured, but unless he has a minimum of two broken legs, then I think he should get the nod over Wiltord. At least Wiltord has the decency to look vaguely embarrassed by his inclusion.
2. Why does pulling on a blue uniform turn Thierry Henry from Superman into Clark Kent? How on earth can a player who looks like a world-beater every week for Arsenal look like he's scared he's going to trip over his own feet for the national team? The best gooner on the pitch yesterday was Phillipe Senderos!
3. How has Patrick Vieira managed in just two seasons to change from the best defensive midfielder in the world into The New Carlton Palmer?
Brazil v. Croatia
Again, the underdogs will be bitterly disappointed not to have got more from the game.
Brazil's decision to play the Teletubbies up front nearly backfired. I expect to see Robinho on from the start in future. Good goal from Kaka, but otherwise they were mostly pretty ordinary.
I kept being reminded of the story of the Emperor's New Clothes. It took the moronic Motty an hour before he stopped creaming his pants about how great the Brazilians are, and admitted that they were actually very disappointing.
Back in the studio, the pundits ripped into Brazil at the end. Earlier they had had the nerve to speculate that this Brazilian side could be better than the sides of '70 and '82! What a joke! The only player who would get near those teams is Ronaldinho, while Kaka might make the squad. The rest of them are journeymen in Brazilian terms.