flywoman: (HatTrick!Messi)
The last time Argentina met Germany, they were trounced 0-4 in the 2010 World Cup. Today, with several of Germany's top players including Neuer, Gomez, and Schweinsteiger off the call sheet, they had a chance to even the score.

Match recap )

P.S. Now Spain is playing Puerto Rico. Perhaps to level the playing field, about half of the Spaniards appear to be assigned to a totally different position. (It's hard to know since ESPN isn't providing any audio.) Let's see how well Xabi does as a striker and Torres does in defense!
flywoman: (fab)
More brief and not unbiased thoughts, observations, and predictions after the second round...

Group A )

Group B )

Group C )

Group D )

Again, those of you who have been watching, please chime in to agree, contradict, and/or add your own impressions from any of these matches!

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