Thursday, June 17, 2010
This is my top 3 moments of the very boring first phase of round one matches.
1. Siphiwe Tshabalala's opening goal against Mexico. A great goal to start off this World Cup, as the South African left winger pounced onto a through ball and slamming an unstoppable shot past the Mexican 'keeper, pity they are going to get knocked out.
2. North Korea's Ji Yun-Nam's late consolation against Brazil. Who would have thought tiny North Korea could get a goal against 5-time world champions Brazil? Well they did and it was a good goal too. Yun-Nam latching onto a header and feinting past Lucio to score beyond the reaches of Julio Cesar in goal.
3. New Zealand's injury-time equaliser by Winston Reid that gave The Whites' their first ever World Cup point. The header went in via the post, but who cares? First points for the country down under
down under.
So yah special mention also must go to Gelson Fernandes for his goal against Spain, Vincent Enyeama's performance against Leo Messi and his Argentinian co. for Nigeria, and Germany's 4-0 drubbing of Australia in their opener as well.
We definitely need more, more goals for this WC to really light up. Well the second phase of games are already under way, and signs ARE looking good. :D
my thoughts at 10:06 pm