Well that was an exciting game to watch! Finally...something to spark the interest of the US Soccer audience!
Why the US team only manages to play for 45 minutes a game though is beyond me; perhaps it's the 'Hollywood' factor! It's the classic movie story, the 'good guys' always have to be knocked down before they get back up off the mat and come good. Somebody tell Bob Bradley and his players that doesn't have to be the script!.
Think Rocky, think Rambo! All we needed, had that perfectly good third goal been allowed to stand, was Landon Donovan or Clint Dempsey grabbing the mic at the post match interview and yelling 'Adrian, Adrian...'; I wonder if one of them is married to an 'Adrian' - wouldn't that be a coincidence!?
With every Hollywood story, there has to be a bad guy; today it was the referee. I know this is the African World Cup, but does a referee from Mali really have the necessary experience to handle World Cup games? There were a number of dodgy decisions, but the most astounding was disallowing what would have been the winning goal for the US. I'm English and theoretically a neutral (although a draw was good for England), but I played football for 25 years, and have watched the game for 35 years, and I could see nothing wrong... "They was Robbed" indeed!!
A good referee is one you don't really notice; and I have to say that the two in both games today have likely officiated their last games in this tournament - well done Serbia by the way for beating the Germans and throwing that group wide open!
So anyway, on to the third (and most important!) game of the day - England v Algeria - here's EA sports simulation of the game; let's see if they get this one right - they predicted a 2-1 England win vs the USA, so I wouldn't give it too much credibility - but cool graphics nonetheless!
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