Shocker!

Sigh! Gasp! Gulp! What just happened in the quarters?!?! Barely a day after my last post the results are out and how! Brazil self destruct, Uruguay scrape through by the corner of their eye, Germany on a rampage and Spain just got lucky!

So I admit. I was wrong about the Netherland! But I really do feel that they didn’t win the match convincingly. An own goal and a patchy header hardly tell the full story. Yet the Oranje held their defences and attacked when the moment came. And fortune favours the brave.

Speaking of brave...a notable mention must go to Luis Suarez. His single act of quick thinking slapping-the-ball-away has a) made him into a national hero b) inadvertently taken Uruguay to the semis. Ethical questions of his act will time and again be raised. But Ghana had their chance and they blew it! The questions remains...Are the South Americans good enough to give Netherlands a good fight in the semis?

I had expected Spain to mercilessly tromp over Paraguay. But Germany took that duty instead and annihilated the Argentineans. After a while, it was even a pain to watch. I was worried about the Argentina defence and so should have been Maradona. But Demichelis was never replaced and backline blunders cost Argentina dearly.

Paraguay on the other hand gave a tough fight to title contenders Spain in what was a boring match from start to end. Barring the quick penalties awarded to both sides (which they both missed) the match had nothing worth watching! Spain better pull up their socks or they are gonna be chewed by the Germans and spit out just as quickly.

But hey, I’m not makin any predictions this time!

Same old story!