Thierry Henry scoring France’s first World Cup goals since Emmanuel Petit’s 1998 clincher in the final wasn’t enough for 3 points as they were pegged back late on by the South Koreans. France should have been 2-0 up at that stage as the referee failed to award a goal, much to Henry’s ire, for a Vieira header that was clearly over the line.
France didn’t really do much in the second half though and as an attacking threat they’re seriously lacking. They’d have been much better off playing Saha or Trezeguet up top with Henry. The Arsenal captain did have a chance to score his second of the night but from a position he normally finishes well from the keeper made a good save.
In yesterday’s other games Gilberto came on as a sub during Brazil’s unconvincing 2-0 win over Australia and nothing of any interest at all happened during the Japan v Croatia game.
Today sees Togo play Switzerland but the game might not have happened at all as the Togo players initially refused to take part. Cheeky fuckers, if you ask me. These blokes make a very good living for their clubs and then they threaten to walk about because their national association won’t pay them a small fortune as well. I hope they get well and truly stuffed by the Swiss. Adebayor, Senderos and Djourou provide the Arsenal interest.
Later on Spain play Tunisia with Cesc and Reyes both set to start on the bench. England play tomorrow with Freddie Ljungberg saying the Swedes love to play the English:
We usually perform well against England, because facing them and the way they play seems to suit us. We are used to it.
For those of you too lazy to read back to Saturday’s blog I have to give mention again to our exclusive Hideous Cunt World Cup Top Trumps. Your boss said it was ok for you to download them, print them and play them all day. Really, he did. Just click here to download the PDF and then Top Trump your way, in a Hideous Cunt World Cup stylee, all day long.
And that’s that. How was your weekend then?
