LucaAltieri

Not a coincidence he's having most of his success playing through the middle today rather than coming off the wing then cutting in.

Spain's goal difference fucked. Let's hope Chile take the Aussies apart later.

What the fuck happened in the Spain dressing room at half time?

The lofted straight ball into the middle of the pitch has long been the hardest to defend Still, how many times can Holland do it before Spain catch on?

Blind assists for the first two goals:

Spain have been trying quite a few early balls over the top though and are looking for the striker a lot quicker than in the past. Exactly, all based on a stereotype that's not really accurate anymore. Spain still play possession football, as the stats will no doubt show. They're more purposeful than in the past but they're still desperate to hang on to the ball as much as possible. I'm not advocating needless hoofing, either. I just like the contrast of a team doing so much work to have it all undone so easily by one good counter.

There's something poetic about Spain passing the ball around for 40 minutes to get 1 goal, then have Holland play one ball over the top and equalize right at the end of the half. It's kind of beautiful.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds fans: You don't get this shit in Serie A.

Keegan said before the match started that it was a type of grass (even mentioned the technical specification) used specifically for torrential rain conditions, and can absorb quite a hefty amount of water. KK always knows Went in depth on the grass. Wow.

The Cameroon coach is almost certainly the descendant of people traffickers. http://cache3.asset-cache.net/gc/494334751-cameroons-german-head-coach-volker-finke-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=X7WJLa88Cweo9HktRLaNXqH607Pk7pRhuAhI1Xj%2FBk4ZlI%2B8i1SXntDQ2vXYVkgL

The Mexican diving is embarrassing. No idea why they haven't been carded yet.

XHamster Señor Penis? Dos chicas, una copa.

Cool. Who will you support in the knock-out stages?

Deserved. Nice goal too.

Best example, Shirley?

Almost feel sorry for Moreno... gets bashed by that fucker then gets booked for his trouble.

Incorrect.

How is it still 0-0?

Croatia vs. Mexico is going to be a good game.

How the fuck did they miss that?

Not sure why you are getting your knickers in a twist mate. No one has said African teams shouldn't be at the world cup, my point was more on Pele and his wayward comments. The opposite is pretty much why his knickers are in a twist, man. Luca caught a big one with that. It's too easy some days.

Game opening up a bit now. This might turn out to be entertaining.

Yeah, I don't know why they bother inviting African teams.

These opening 5 minutes have been so low on quality I'm having second thoughts about screwing off work. Sharepoint feels positively riveting by comparison.

"The penalty was wrong but but but but but..." "It was a dive, but WHAT a good dive." Grim.