The way he shrugged off his markers, that was a nice escape from Alcaraz.
Trrrrrrrrrr–TISH!
When he took off for that header, he was like a bird, man.
Paraguay, out-Italies Italy, more than living up to their moniker of the “South America’s Italy.”
Riddle me that one Batwoman! 
Here’s hoping they’ve got 45 more minutes of tough defending and a counter or two in them. I’d also like to see them bring in Santa Cruz if only to make his prediction come true:
World champions Italy don’t scare Roque Santa Cruz
**“We will win 1-0 or 2-0,” he said. “We want to get the victory. We’re a good side and can do something important in this World Cup. It’s a very compact squad with great players in defence and midfield, plus four top-class forwards — something we did not have before.
“We must play an intelligent game and calmly build our way to goal.”**
I LOL’d!..then I groaned 
Wow! That’s bizarre – didn’t see any type of injury. But Buffon is out, Marchetti in.
Gol.
Italy ties it from a CK. De Rossi scores. Villar eats it.
1-1 for Italy! Italy equalizes!
But, my goodness, what a clusterfuck it was…! The goal came in the middle of a terrible mess. Also, where the hell was the Paraguayan goalkeeper? O.o
It’s a draw.
Paraguay 1 Italy 1
Meh.
I think that the clip below provides a better example of American coverage vs. Rest of World coverage…
The Paraguayan keeper, like many players so far in this Cup, misjudged the flight of the ball and it went over his head.
** New Zealand vs Slovakia 7:30 A.M. EST
Côte d’Ivoire vs Portugal 10:00 A.M. EST
Brazil vs Korea DPR 2:30 P.M. EST**
Looking forward to the middle match.
Enjoy.
Hey, that looks like a decent midfield. England could use that kind of possession football.
Explain to me again why it’s a good idea to introduce a new ball for the tournament, rather than doing it after the tournament and giving the players 4 years to get used to it?
(And yes, I do get that the real reason has everything to do with money)
Not sure how much the new ball plays in this versus the high altitude. Bugger it, I missed all the games today.
No soccer today. <stamps foot> Had to work. The nerve! One of the residents has an app on his iPhone that plays and sounds just like a vuvuzela. He cracked up the entire library today. 
FFS
FIFA giving Barthez an award doesn’t magically turn Barthez into a good 'keeper.
Catenaccio is a blight on a beautiful game.
How I’d love to see North Korea beat Brazil!
Not a favorite of mine by any means – plus France’s defensive unit at the time would have made just about any average keeper a star. Still and all, he did have a heck of WC what with some great saves.
A one-of performance? Maybe. But it’s in the record books.