Thursday, June 06, 2002

World Cup - First Round of Matches

Is it me, or does Robbie Keane look a lot like Joe-Max Moore?:


Keane

Moore

Anyway, each team at the World Cup has played at least one game. Highlights of the tournament so far include the two huge upsets, Senegal over France and the US over Portugal. The US win was more of a shock to me...there's no way in hell I could have conceived of them winning and scoring 3 first half goals. I thought Beasley, McBride, O'Brien, and Sanneh were the best players on the field for the US. Agoos, of course, was the worst.

Other heights:
Marc Wilmots' bicycle-kick goal for Belgium, Keane's 90th minute goal against Germany, and Senegal's perfect counterattacking goal against Denmark last night (best goal of the tournament so far, imo).

Low points:
Rivaldo's flop, the penalty-kick decisions in the Spain-Slovenia game, and the woeful attendance at some of the games in Korea.