Friday, June 18, 2010

USA robbed of a win

Today was the worst day for the FIFA World Cup.

The first match was a unexpected upset as Serbia defeated Germany 1-0.

The Germans were favorites in the match, but they could not get nothing to fall for them.

Not too long ago, the Germans defeated Australia easily in a 4-0 victory.

The second match was USA vs. Slovenia.

Slovenia was on a roll after they won their first match.

It was a difficult match for USA because they had to switch roles of being the underdogs in their first match against England, to being favorites in this match.

Slovenia scored two goals in the first half. USA allowed the pair of goals by poor defense.

As Slovenia relaxed with their two goal lead, the Americans stormed out of halftime and scored a pair of goals of their own.

As the match was tied with less than 20 minutes left in the game, the Americans scored again, but the official who was calling the match, called off the goal because he said an American player committed a foul during the play.

The Americans showed frustration and anger because after the replay was shown multiple times, no where did it show that an American committed a foul.

The Americans were basically screwed a goal and a win.

The third match of the day was England vs. Algeria.

It was a perfect opportunity for England to get a win and keep the Americans hopes of advancing out of group play low.

But the match finished in a 0-0 draw and neither England or USA could make progress in the group standings.

The Americans group is a weak and pathetic group. It does not have great teams and England has shown they can hardly score a goal. All four teams are not great and the two teams who advance from the group, will surely be knocked out in the first round of the final 16.

Group C standings: Slovenia has four points, England and USA both have two points and Algeria has one point.

Next matches for Group C
: England vs. Slovenia on June 23 at 7 a.m. on ESPN 2. USA vs. Algeria on June 23 at 7 a.m. on ESPN.

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