We can at last pause for breath at the South Africa World Cup 2010 as, for the first time in 19 days there are no games today. The first group round is concluded and so is the first knockout round. The quarter finals begin after a two-day break on Friday.
Who's looking good?
We have eight teams left, and my pre-tournament favourites, Argentina and Brazil, are both still there, and a final between the two South American countries is still distinctly possible. Of the Europeans Spain dispatched a disappointingly negative Portugal (who only managed to score in one of four games at this World Cup) yesterday, and they look to be getting stronger. Germany, we (in England at least) know all about and they are such strong tournament competitors that one could easily see them going all the way. Holland have yet to play anybody really good, but now they face Brazil, who will probably be too good for them.
So in the quarters we have:
Holland v Brazil - I say Brazil.
Uruguay v Ghana - Uruguay
Germany v Argentina - Argentina
Paraguay v Spain - Spain
That would give us these semi-finals:
Brazil v Uruguay
Argentina v Spain
The South Americans have so far out-performed the Europeans at this World Cup, and I expect them to continue to do so.
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