Spain 2, Honduras Nil: Fernando still looks a little rusty and couldn't finish, and while David Villas' success rate could have been better (he left a small army of goals out there) he still pounded home two, the first one perhaps the best individual goal of the tournament. Spain just needs to win vs. Chile to advance, and can probably do so with a tie. Yeah!
Chile 1, Switzerland 0: A fairly boring match, as is typical of the Swiss, who just kinda hang in there, even down a man (on a terrible call). Against Spain they got the lucky bounce that created a goal, today it was the Chileans who got the break, scoring on a rush after a possible offside. Chile is almost guaranteed passage to round two, as no team who has secured 5 points or more has ever not advanced.
Portugal 7, North Korea 0: One player from Chinese Korea will be executed for each goal given up. The team will be significantly shorthanded vs. Ivory Coast, who will need to score about 15 goals in order to have a chance of advancing.
Group A
Mexico vs. Uruguay: This is when the World Cup really amps. Two games at a time where a goal in one match alters the way the other match is played. Brilliant theatre.
Both these teams qualify with a tie, but Uruguay will take the pivotal number one spot in this case, which means they avoid Argentina. Mexico is sure to fight hard to avoid that case, as they were eliminated in 2006 by La Selección. (What a fucking goal that was). Let's go Uruguay.
France vs. South Africa: Whoever wins this game better do so big if they want any chance to advance. I would say with the firepower France possess it would be possible for them to pull out a big result, but since their team has quit, who knows what is going to happen.
But you gotta love the French, with players telling the coach to "Fuck off, you dirty son of a whore," and reporters quoting them live on national TV. How do you say "Five second delay" in French?
Group B
Nigeria vs. Good Korea: Basically, winner advances to knockout stage barring some craziness, which in itself is crazy because Nigeria has yet to win a match. Still, if they can beat the Koreans they only need a Greek loss to advance. They might be the last hope for Africa.
Argentina vs. Greece: The Greeks need to at least tie Argentina to have a chance to advance, but even then they need some help. They aren't going to get a tie though, so they might as well go home.
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