ORIGINAL: Cribtop
Still, heads held high and on out of the Group of Death! Quite an achievement for our team and coach! Beat (Belgium or Algeria)!
PPPS - IMHO Chile/Brazil will be match of the tournament to date. Looking forward to it.
I love how this group of death moniker has been proliferating over the past decade or so
For the English media it was Group D - Italy, Uruguay, England, Costa Rica
For the US media it was - Group G - Germany, Portugal, Ghana and the USA
I personally plumped for Group B with Netherlands, Spain, Chile and Australia as Chile even pre-tournament could been forecast to advance or even win most of the other groups. Chile's ELO rating was 7th in the world, and I think the ELO system adopted from chess is much more accurate then the fifa one which was used for the group seedings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings
Costa Rica's progress defied all expectation as they were expected to be the makeweights in their group
Chile/Brazil, Netherlands/Mexico are the ones I am looking forward to based on play so far. Colombia's play has been I think the most beautiful but they had an easier group.
I think the US could handily beat Belgium if Belgium still continue to not find their rhythm based on their first two matches
