I have to confess I watched a northern sport last night – the Red Sox and Washington. Like NASCAR, I am finding it very difficult to get into the southern sport of ice hockey but good for Carolina bringing home the Stanley Cup.
Elsewhere, there are four games on tap:
- Ecuador vs. Germany in Berlin
- Costa Rica vs. Poland at Hanover
- Sweden vs. England at Cologne
- Paraguay vs. Trinidad & Tobago at Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern? Say that like Donald Duck sometime.
That last game is the clearly most important of course as the gods may yet put TnT through to the second round. I see Poland losing 17-0 with the players crying like babies at the end. This has been a rotten Cup for Poland and any result against Costa Rica is meaningless for them now. Ecuador has the best chance at pulling off an upset over the hosts. Sweden and England will be the most hyped game with the Swedes actually playing for something and England trying to figure out how it does so poorly against weak teams. I expect the power of the Flea and the Beam of RighteousnessTM from the highest rampart of Flea Towers focused deep into the heart of the city that gave us aftershave will make the difference in a 3-2 victory for blimey even with Sweden having the finest jersey in the tourney once again.