prediction: Portugal 1-2 Brazil - "Brazil are resting some players"
result: Portugal 0-0 Brazil
What a boring game. Portugal had the most to play for and had the best chances, but this was over before it began.
prediction: North Korea 0-1 Cote d'Ivoire - "It would be nice for Cote d'Ivoire to have a good showing"
result: North Korea 0-3 Cote d'Ivoire (this match review says 1-3, not sure why)
Well done to the Ivorians, but you have to feel for the poor North Koreans. It's entirely possible that they will face punishment back home and might not be allowed to play international matches for a while.
prediction: Chile 1-2 Spain - "Spain need to attack, need to get goals"
result: Chile 1-2 Spain
Spain looked good, finally, and should be a formidable foe in the next round. Chile were unfortunate to have a player sent off, because they looked likely to score, and indeed managed to early in the second half while a player down. Both teams were going through with the result below, and played out the last ten minutes without any effort.
prediction: Switzerland 1-1 Honduras - "I have a feeling this will be boring"
result: Switzerland 0-0 Honduras
I thought this might happen, but I was really hoping someone would score to liven things up. First half highlights were a couple of shots. Switzerland go home with a famous win against Spain, Honduras go home without scoring a goal.
World Cup refs
Interested in reading an informed and relatively unbiased opinion on the reffing at the World Cup? On the Referees page of the World Cup blog every game is critiqued, usually with relevant pictures. Do you think Italy's offside goal should have counted? Read here. What about that phantom call in the US-Slovenia match that negated a winning goal for the Yanks? Check this.
It's so much nicer to read this compared to ranting on other blogs. The decisions are treated fairly and the entire game is looked at rather than every call on an individual basis.
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