Update

Hope everyone enjoyed the WC.  After the group phase, I thought this might be remembered as one of the greatest World Cups in history, but the knockout stages did not live up to the hype.  As for the WC final, so much as been written and talked about that the “Zidane” as entered into popular [...]

The Wait is Over

Greetings all.  Sorry for the lack of posts but TTL has been traveling and is currently stateside in Chicago.  Been good to see so many people and hope to see more on our stay.  Pleasantries aside, let’s talk World Cup.
Congrats to Ze Germans on their 3-1 win over Portugal to take 3rd in the WC.  [...]

Magnifistink

France continued its remarkable run to the World Cup Final with a 1-0 win over sniveling Portugal.  The match was a bore.  Neither side was convincing in attack, the goal came on a penalty and the only real Portuguese chance came courtesy of a huge gaffe by Barthez. 
Feel the passion:  French fans singing their national anthem during [...]

Allez le Bleu

In honor of the country that gave us the Statue of Liberty (but not French fries, those were invented in Belgium!), this post is dedicated to France.  Italy booked their place in the Final with a thrilling 2-0 win over Germany, so all eyes turn to the French to win to avoid Italy-Portugal.  Before a breakdown of France-Portugal let’s [...]

March Germany, march (to the Final)

There is no better way to celebrate the 4th of July then beers, BBQ and the WC.  A Happy 4th to everyone stateside.  Without further ado, here is the breakdown. 
Germany-Italy @ 21:00 Central European Time
The trend is your friend:  Italy has never lost to Germany in the WC.  Germany has never lost an international match [...]

All Hail Zizou, King of les Bleus

There is only 1 Zinedine Zidane.  The player of the last 20 years put on an unreal display, even when measured by his own lofty standards, against Brazilon Saturday night.  He stamped his authority on the game a mere 30 seconds into it when he danced around 3 Brazilian players before passing.  His vision, range of [...]

To the Semis(2)

Yesterday, the games ran true to form.  Germany outlasted Argentina on penalties and Italy rolled over the Ukraine.  Quick to the breakdown.
It was a bad move to replace the sublime Riquelme in the 70th minute for a defensive replacement.  I don’t think Germany would have equalised with Riquelme on the field.  The Argentian coach Pekerman (snicker, snicker) [...]