ridiculously good? haha

I'd be very surprise if Spain does not make it far.  Heck, I've my vote for Germany, but I'd think Spain v Brazil would be the perfect final as far as this WC goes. 

Holland?  Looks ok on paper, but they have the tendency to implode during KO rounds.

how come is USA vs Ghana 1 .. i tot it was supposed to be argentina vs mexico lol

Ok, my secret fav team to win it. I followed the argies since 78. Ossie, ricardo, kempes, pasarella were my childhood pins. They have the greatest footballer (hand of god).

People may lament his credentials as a manager, but he sure can rile up  his players 10x, even as we know the argies are passionate players. They might find Mexico tough to crack but once passing the mexicans, I'll sure they will get it right this time.

The only weakness is how much veron legs can orchestrate Argentina in crucial stages. Upfront no problems.

hoahh at this rate we can see argies going naked along with their manager soon!!!
its time the other football federations stand up to this idiot and over throw him.fifa is being redundant more and more these days.

the prophet have spoken

now if the german really lose the semi, will they cook paul? 

One step closer to my little pot of cash now

What a display by the Spanish midfield. The German's simply couldn't get the ball off them. Alonso was superb on both ends of the field, firing passes all over the field, and back defending whenever they didn't have possession. Xavi was creating chance after chance for the list of Xabi Alonso and David Villa whilst Iniesta constantly danced his way past the German defence. Pedro has a good second half bar his reluctance to give the ball to Torres who had the goal gaping in front of him. In fact, they were so dominant in this department that Busquets probably wouldn't have been missed had he sat on the sidelines to read the papers.

The first thought that came to mind after the final whistle was the posters that were labelling Spain as one of the most overrated teams after their opening loss to Switzerland. The knee jerkers claimed that the Spanish would choke again. Leads me to believe that these people only read about the results without watching the game. The Spanish dominated that game as they did this one. Then there are some that seem to have watched a different game all together. A poster in the World cup forum thought Alonso had a poor game this morning and that he is Spain's weak link. What???? Forget that there was only 1 goal scored, the fluid passing and movement whenever they went forward was a sight to behold. It was the same kind of performance I saw them dish out when they outplayed the French in their own backyard. The French simply couldn't get the ball of them and it was pretty much the same this morning.

I must admit that like many I was impressed by Germany's results against England and Argentina however like some of my friends, we wondered how they'd stack up against a team that actually had decent midfielders. Yeah, yeah I hear it already. Posters going, "yeah but England have Lampard wor, and Gerrard and...". Exactly. England have a bunch of individualistic primadonas and have never looked a decent side for the past decade. Argentina had no one in midfield bar Mascherano who kept himself busy chopping people down. This was arguably the first time in the tournament the German's came up against a side who could more than match them pound for pound in an area of the field where most battles are won or lost.

The only positive thing I can say about the German's is that Schwensteiger has come a long way since I first saw him predominantly on the right flank. Constantly involved in everything on both ends of the pitch, putting in crunching tackles and driving his way past Spanish defenders. Hmm... if Gerrard leaves for mucho mulah and Schwensteiger is looking for a new challenge...