My first / quarter finals

So here I am bloggin away... who would have thunk ;-)

I'll be mainly blogging about football as the title indicates. I'll be starting with the world cup right away. The world Cup 8 years ago was what made me aware of the beautiful game and followed by the World Cup here in Germany the FIFA world Cup and our national team will always be something very very special for me.

So the two looong days of no football have finally come to an end. but fortunatel I had two things distracting me... both pleasant and annoying at the same time. No details needed... as it's not football related ;-)

First match today will be Brazil vs Netherlands. This is one match I'm not expecting much of. Both teams have proven their defensive abilities and how to control a match neglecting the beauty of forward football. I'm pretty sure that in the end we'll have seen a 1-0 and my guess is, it's going to be Brazil who'll score that one goal. And With soem bad liuck they'll be scoring that goal not in 90 but 120 minutes, giving us some extra time of football nobody wants to see. I hope the teams will prove me wrong but I won't get my hopes up.

Second match of the quarter finals will be Uruguay vs Ghana... That's right, both of those teams have managed the quarterfinals and one of them will be found in the semifinals... I still can't believe that, but it's simply a fact of convenient circumstances for both teams. For Uruguay it was France who opened them the door to the 8th final with a bow and retreated struggling rather with themselves than with the opponents in their group. South Korea was not an easy task in the 8th final but neither would they be in the same league with Brasil, Spain or Argentina.
But we have to admit that Ghana deserved their second place in the German group D. But still... wouldn't it have been lovely to be having Ghanas second place instead of the first place and not having to beat England and now Argentina?
We won't know. USA was definitely beatable but I'm not so sure about Uruguay. As easy as it may sound I think they've got quite a capable team and a Diego Forlan... Argentina, the devil you know, might be a better option than the team of Uruguay of whom I'm not yet sure how strong it really is. Anyways.. I'm sure they'll beat Ghana and we'll see what to make of that team when they are confronted with one of the strongest teams in this world cup: Brazil. Yes, I doubt that Netherlands has it in them to beat Brazil and yes, I don't WANT them to beat Brazil ;-)