WORLD CUP STUFF

Round of 32 - Egypt 1 Austŕalia 1 Egypt win 4-2 on penalties I missed most of this because I had to join a traffic jam in town. I got home in time to see Harry Souttar, who is far too tall to take a penalty and may play for Leicester, sky his spot kick into orbit. The rest is history - of the kind you'd probably forget after five minutes. Round of 32 - Argentina 3 Cape Verde 2 Some idiot told Cape Verde that they could beat Argentina. All it would take was the discipline to defend and the courage to attack, and they had those qualities in abundance. They took the idiot's advice to heart, and by God they almost pulled off the impossible. Their compensation for eventually losing was the knowledge that they scored one of the best goals of the tournament, and they gave Argentina the absolute shits. Round of 32 - Colombia 1 Ghana 0 This game finished on fourteen minutes. Some Colombian bloke scored, after which Ghana pretended that they were 1-0 up and had a lead to defend. Their dream of somehow getting through every round by not scoring any goals was never going to be a viable proposition, was it?