Match of A Sentence: Uruguay 1 Italy 0
Italians play for a draw and bore themselves so much they get a player sent off, give away a goal, and let the opposition eat them. .
Match of A Sentence: England 0 Costa Rica 0
Did this game actually happen?
Match of A Sentence: Columbia 4 Japan 1
The most exciting, attacking team at the World Cup so far, Columbia, have yet to be involved in an exciting game but James Rodriguez continues to be early alternative to Robben for player of the tournament.
Match of A Sentence: Greece 2 Ivory Coast 1
Controversy as Greece actually play well and Ivory Coast press the self destruct button in the most casual fashion as they lose to a controversial penalty in the final minutes.
Don't Give Up Friday Night Lights...... Edinson Cavani is Tim Riggins
Edinson Cavani should go back to playing American football, in a Texas High School, for the Dillon Panthers (sorry if no one has seen the excellent TV series Friday Night Lights), rather than being the only non-detestable element of Uruguay's World Cup Campaign. Cavani would be perfect as Tim Riggins, the rock and roll football star, from the wrong side of the tracks with a dream boat pout, who is worshiped by coaches, cheerleaders and children. Instead he is playing for a team everyone hates; Second billing to rabid dog masquerading as a footballer, with the biggest fouler in the tournament as their captain and a manager who should be an extra in The Sopranos. When everyone is cheering for Italy you know you have lost, no matter how many goals you score, fouls you get away with or people you bite. Uruguay Forever...until they get knocked out by Columbia.Man crush of the Day: Gervinho
You don't know what you got till its gone! As an Arsenal fan I wanted to love Gervinho but he could never stay on his feet. Overall impression was he was very needy for such a flamboyant player. Also when we first met he was not very cool! First, he had a dread over as a hair cut, an Earth Wind and Fire styled attempt to cover his bald patch and his increasing large forehead. Secondly, his head was much larger than the rest of his body, which made him always look like he was in the process of falling over. He was Arsenal's Elephant Man on the wing. Thirdly, he was too fast to control himself, you felt he might just lose all sense of his body and run into the goal like a lemming to water. Absence has made the heart grow fonder! As Gervinho has had a great season at his new club Roma and has been Ivory Coast's best player during the World Cup (far better than much celebrated Yaya Toure). Now a hairband protects his bald patch from persecution. The Ivory Coast's new tight fighting Puma kit makes his head look more proportional to his body. And he looks like her can control his pace, as he has scored twice and set up one goal in three. Our relationship may have not worked out in the past but I think we are both better for it and now I only have fond memories of him countlessly falling over for the Arsenal and being generally shit.
There are a many ways to wear dreads and Gervinho is finally learning
World Cup Predictor
So yesterday we said goodbye to Andrea Pirlo (who is now retired) and very likely goodbye to Gianilugi Buffon as Italy controversially exited the competition. No doubt that these two players will go down in history as two of the greatest players in their position. So in tribute to Pirlo I want to base today's World Cup predictor by wine consumption, as he is known as a wine concessionaire in Italy. Sadly this as proved troublesome for today's team as they are not all into their wine, so instead I have gone for alcohol consumption. Let the booziest be the best and soberest be beaten like the bores they are.
Data is from World Health Organisation on "Pure Alcohol consumption among adults (15+) in litres per capita per year in 2010 (see Wikipedia)
Argentina (9.3 litres) VS Nigeria (10.1 litres)
Shocked that Nigerians are such boozers! I would love to know how many Guinness Exports they drink in ratio to the Argies bottles of Malbec.
Argentina 3 Nigeria 2
Iran (1 litres) VS Bosnia Herzegovina (7.1litres)
Persia might be one of the oldest civilizations on the planet but this young country is definitely old enough to drink.
Iran 0 Bosnia Herzegovina 3
France (12.2 litres) VS Ecuador (7.2 litres)
I can't imagine many countries drink as much wine as France but I wonder what is Ecuadorian alcoholic beverage of choice? (see below)
France 3 Ecuador 1
Canelazo: Email if you want to guess the ingredients
The Swiss have to drink so much so they don't seem so bloody bland, as for Hondurans l guess they have not enough rich tourist to get the litres flowing.
Switzerland 3 Honduras 0
So in homage to today's World Cup Predictor I am off for a pint or for that Ecuadorian type of tea....
