occasional posts by risa aratyr
GERMANY v ARGENTINA On paper? A not-to-be-missed match, end-to-end, neck-and-neck. On the pitch… Argentina got creamed. Germany won by a resounding 4 – 0 margin. The one and only question I had at the end of the 90 minutes was, “How the hell is anybody going to beat these guys?” Argentina’s pride was crushed as … Read more WC Fields [1/4 finals] — Day #2
In the States, the media ranks games in terms of expected audience size and national interest. All USA matches get massive coverage, followed by those involving Brazil, England, Germany and Italy. Some of these fixtures live up to their press. Some don’t. Some that slip under the American media radar are the hard fought, end-to-end … Read more WC Fields [k.o.] — Paraguay v Japan
When Paraguay’s Valdez made that gorgeous run up the left about 15 minutes in, I thought that alone was worth the price of admission. But Paraguay played it safe. Can we blame them — can we fault any team for pacing themselves? Why risk injury and exhaustion on a match you don’t have to win? … Read more WC Fields – Paraguay v New Zealand