Not here it ain't

Watching all the matches I can.

Due to work today I didn't see the first game between Japan and Columbia.

Missed the first 30 minutes of the game between Poland and Senegal.

The night game between Russia and Egypt I saw with one eye. The other was on my computer screen.

Markus

I started taking an interest in it because of the conversation here. Had time to watch the ref award Sanchez a red card for blocking Kagawa's goal shot with his hand. Then Japan scored on the penalty. Missed the last 70 minutes or so because I had to go to work.


Little slow at times but honestly I'm beginning to like it.

I feel similarly Sky but I'm predicting an upsurge in interest come the knockout stages and sadly, for the wrong reasons.

As soon as masses of fans from England (for example) are based near those of Russian fans, I fear there may well be some disturbing scenes as well as possible deaths.

I really enjoyed the soccer yesterday... the neighbourhood was so quiet I took a load of garden waste over the tip

Seems Russia got out of the group for the first time in my lifetime.


Maybe Putin's reality warping powers would allow us to win the cup, but one shudders at the cost.

I don't think Russia have any more of a chance than England and nor do I take all that much notice of the group phase because it's almost predictable which two from each group will progress to the knockout phase before a ball is even kicked.

At best I see both the above reaching the quarter finals.

Not exactly.

In group F, Germany may very well be the first top team who have to leave before the next round.

They have to beat Sweden on Saturday.

Mexico will most likely win their match against SK.

Markus

To be honest, I wasn't expecting our team to show any kind of good game. Actually I'm not keen on football at all. And till the last moment I didn't feel like it's going to be a holiday. But here are huge crowds of tourists - even on my quiet suburb metro station - Mexicans, Argentinians and others (there are couple of hotels nearby). When they've started to arrive I felt the spirit at last :-) I wasn't watching neither Russia-Saudi nor Russia-Egypt games (not intentionally) but I was quite surprised when the whole street cried "GO-O-O-O-OL !!!!!" I reached for my phone to see the score and sudden pleasant news were there - and that's when I've finally strated to feel this World Cup as a real Holiday. Thanks to all guests who came here.

Oliver Kahn's laconic comment about Croatias 1:0 against Argentina (goalie's fault): "The chip was just a bit too short."


:haha:

Argentina were absolutely clueless last night and I find Messi a mediocre player when at international level, unlike the world class player he is at club level.

I mean with how much demonised Putin is, he may summon his dark warp sorceries to make Russia win this time.


Jokes aside, this is the first time in my lifetime when Russia got out of the group.

So , Igor, it means that you are younger than 2008 ;-) ?

Brazil looked rather jittery against Costa Rica, not scoring their goals until injury time.

A top player like Messi and Ronaldo ain't better, then what his team mates makes them to be(don't know how to put this into words).

Messi is great in Barca, this because the other players a some great players them self like (the player from Uruguay)

While his team mates from the national Team like Argentina is mostly ordinary players.

That is how I see it.

Markus