How many football players does it take to thrill and excite a 70,000 seater stadium?!
Only One!
A Ronaldinho playing in the colors of Barcelona will travel to Real Madrid and proceed to dictate the proceedings of the game, scoring once and being involved in the other 2 goals in a match that ends 3 - nil to Barcelona. And he will get a standing ovation from Real Madrid fans!!! I love football!
The greatest football fiesta that comes round only once every four years is going on in this month of 'transition'. And I am missing most of it!!! Okay so Nigeria is not playing, but your country doesnt need to be there before you feast your soccer senses! 09:00 to 21:00 working days has not helped my viewing of the World Cup at all. The only concession in the agenda are for the Sweden and Brazil games. Any other game is a bonus. I saw the end of the Holland-Ivory Coast game. And i saw the opening anthems for the Italy-USA game. Apart from that zilch! Have had to rely on www.soccernet.com for updates, pics and reports.
So...Ivory Coast out, Angola maybe so, Togo are no hopers and i havent even been following Tunisia's group! But Ghana turned in the performance of their lives by beating the Czech Republic 2- nil. And this was no fluke, reports have described this as a masterful performance. They outplayed, outclassed and out scored the Czechs. The 2nd ranked team in the world too!
Ghana were the powerhouses of football in Africa in the 70's and early 80's. For a long time, they were the nemesis of the Nigerian Green Eagles (as we were known then). Four time African Champions, a meeting with them was always dreaded and it has always been a mystery why they never qualified for the World Cup until now.
Well, now they have and they put the two goals past Peter Cech (Chelsea's number one) in this last game but i console my self on the fact that Cech prevented it from being 5- nil which it could easily have been according to the reports.
The 1-1 result between USA and Italy throws the group wide open now! Ghana and Czech republic have 3 points, Italy has 4 points and USA has 1 point. And the last group games are Ghana vs USA and Italy vs Czech. So if Ghana beats the US, they are through to the round of 16. The Czechs need to beat Italy to go through, and Italy only need draw to go through. USA need to beat Ghana and hope Italy beat the Czech Republic to make it to the round of 16. What a group! It is turning out to be the REAL Group of Death!
Go Go Ghana! Go out and show the World what you are made of. I thought the whole team was about Michael Essien but Sulley Muntari, Gyuan, Appiah....you guys rock!!!!
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