What a match: Slovakia V/s Italy. Former FIFA champions hardly looked like champions. It was amazing to see a team which has seen the peaks of glory just 4 years ago, playing like a league team.
Similar to the France match, there was no strength in the Italy attack. Slovakia played as if it had nothing to lose and it was able to score 3 goals. Italy got its act together in the dying minutes of the game and play some fantastic football to score 2 goals, but it was too late. The damage was already done and they ended up at the bottom of the pool (can you believe that, bottom of the pool).
Looks like this world cup is for the underdogs, USA, Slovakia, Paragua, Mexico teams are making it to next round and key football playing countries are heading out of the door in the first round. I am sure there will be similar upsets in the coming rounds too as sudden death kicks in from the next rounds. It is really going to be interesting to watch.
All in all, let us hope to see some good football play instead of the very placid games that have been played so far. Football should triumph as much as the country playing it.
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