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Yeah, Adriano's goal was a bad offsides no-call. He was running ahead of the defense all the way down the field. Should have been easy to spot. Interesting that the fans where overwhelmingly booing Brazil because that goal was allowwed.

Halftime Brazil 2 Ghana 0 Halftime whisle just blew and things are going about as I expected. Ronaldo has broken Muller's WC scoring record. Ghana have had some wonderful opportunities and look better than the scoreline indicates. But Brazil's class is carrying them through, and probably...

I dunno, I certainly can't blame Sven for sticking with the guy whose free kick won both of England's 1-0 victories. England might be able to get good kicks out of Gerrard, but Beckham has a different class IMO. In a sport where 50 % or more of goals are scored off of set pieces it makes sense...

I'm getting my picks in just before Brazil and Ghana kick off. I think Ghana might do better than some people imagine even without Essian. He's a great player but Ghana have other stars and one player can never make that much different. I still predict Brazil to win. 3-1, but perhaps a game...

Yeah, I wonder if this has entered teh recordbooks. The ref's Russian by the way. Looks like the portuguese are going to eek this one out.

I've tried puttign PDFs on my Pocket PC and I don't recommend it terribly. You might be able to read the PDF ok, but moving around it will be a pain. The formatting is wonky, and charts, tables, etc don't format well at all. It won't be a handy reference. HTML format works much better for...

And England win on, what else, but a Beckham free kick. It was an interesting moment when it went in--no one in the Bar I was at was sure it was in until the England player actually picked the ball up from inside the goal. I've firmly believed for years that Beckham is worth being on the field...

Just watched the 1st half of Mex-Arg on replay. (still have the 2nd to go). Man, that foul by Heinze should have been a red card. I don't know any way it should have been interpreted differently. The Mexican had a definite 1 on 1 goal attempt if it wasn't for that foul. Not to mention that...

Germany defeat Sweden 2-0, a scoreline that doens't reflect Germany's strong peformance. Sweden did have a missed penalty, but Germany could have added more if they had played with more urgency in 2nd half. It was a very dominating performance--63% possesion.

MTV and VH1 don't show music anymore because it doesn't make financial sense to do so--it doesn't attract viewers & ad $$. I can't explain why. Personally I never watched either much, even in MTV's heyday in the 80s.

Remember England also played in a weak group, weaker than Equador IMO. Germany is tougher than sweden (at home, at any rate); Costa Rica is tougher than T&T; and Poland are probably at least as good as Paraguay. Equador look a lot better than Paraguay, and played better in qualifiying. Given...

My round of 16 picks OK, the Group phase is over. France snuck in with their first WC win in 8 years, and Switzerland top their group in impressive form, it has to be said. Perhaps not the toughest of groups, maybe. Here's my picks for the Round of Sixteen: Germany over Sweden. Sweden...

I've been predicting that France would break out of the Anemic play that's dogged them since 2002 but every time they seem to confound me. It's just unbelievable that a team with such talent as Henri-arguably the World's best striker, Zidane, Trezeguey (sorry, spelling) can't score. In...

That was really bizzare, and that ref should be punished for that mistake. If that had had an effect on the match's result that would have been real grounds for protest. I remember seeing that guy on the pitch and saying 'Didn't he get sent off?'

Very disappointed by the US result but it was a tough group. I'm looking forward to the Brazil Ghana match--I think the Brazilians may be challenged in that one. The Croatia-Aus match was the best I've seen in teh WC so far. Result see-sawed four times. Lot's of chances on both sides. Three...

And tonight we'll be treated to 4 matches instread of three. I'm looking forward to Germany-Equador--both sides have been impressive so far. I won't dare to predict it. I'm interested to see if T&T can do something against Paraguay. T&T certainly have looked capable of scoring in their...

Oh, no doubt. You've got to have a winning mindset. But it still gives them a significant advantage. I thought Croatia looked abysmal in their match with Japan, though I only saw the second half and I'm guessing the heat of the daytime match caused a great deal of fatigue late. Still, they...

Ronaldo created the first goal with some fantastic footwork though. Still below par though over the whole match. And Australia advance with only a draw. THey'll have a tremendous advantage in that match. Croatia will rue their missed opportunites in the Japan match.

On to today's matches. My predictions (I only got one right yesterday--though both the results I got wrong were one's that pleased me): Brazil 2 Australia 0. Brazil is a strong favorite obviously but I honestly have know idea what the score will be. It might be real tight like Brazil's...

Of course I'd love it if the US scored 3 goals but calling the attack atrocious seems harsh. Anyway, I'm not a tactical expert but it seems to me 4-5-1 was chosen because Landon Donovan plays better behind the front line rather than part of it, and the US doesn't really have another forward of...