The best thing about the DVR is that it can capture all the World Cup matches during the day. Then I can speed-watch them at night. I haven't watched one live yet, but will try to catch the US against Italy this weekend.
I've seen some pretty amazing players, and some dramatic games. Like yesterday, when it looked like Poland had a 0-0 tie in the bag. They went into extra time just having dodged a major bullet with two German balls hitting the crossbar. But a perfect centering pass to a German who stretched out to redirect the ball into the net killed Poland. Wow.
The US didn't look like they belonged. Even though they controlled the ball for the majority of their match with the Czechs, they got no more than 1 serious scoring chance, while giving up 3. Granted, 2 of the 3 Czech goals were amazing. But isn't that what it takes to compete a the World Cup level?
Offensively, the US seemed to spend most of their time playing keep-away at midfield. They were so plodding and methodical that whenever they began to try advancing the ball toward the Czech box, it was simply taken away by an obviously faster and more skilled team toward a good chance on the US end.
As one who was hoping to see a good effort by the US team in this event, I'm probably as disappointed in this team as anybody. The question is, is the US Team overrated and not good enough for the Cup? Or did they have a nervous and tentative first outing against a very good Czech team, and they can rebound to beat Italy and Ghana to advance to the next round?
I hope for the latter, but suspect the former.
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i had to "watch" the germany-poland game via a "live" stats website. about 1.5 minutes between updates... agonizing.
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