One World, One Cup: Part One

Well, It's over. The most surprising and exciting World Cup in history. We've seen that being a bookmaker for this WC wasn't a thankful job. We saw: ROUND 1. Day 1. France lose to Senegal 1-0 South Africa coming back from 2-0 to pull a draw Brazil beating Turkey from an unexisting penalty USA shocking Portugal with 3-2 8 goals scored by Germany against Saudi Arabia (hat trick by Klose) Croatia losing to Mexico 1-0 Day 2. France holding a draw against Uruguay Portugal destroying Poland 4-0 (hat trick by Pauleta) Ireland's equaliser in the extra time against Germany England beating Argentina Croatia beating Italy (who had two regular goals disallowed) 2-1 Japan's first victory in the world cup (1-0 against Russia) Day 3. France fall 2-0 to Denmark and go home without scoring a goal (but in consolation they did hit the most posts and crossbars) Uruguay coming back from 3-0 to miss a chance in the 93. minute for victory Paraguay beating Slovenia with a player less and a goal down (3-1) Korea beating Portugal (who had two players sent off) 1-0, USA sensationally progress Germany beating (and sending home) Cameroon 2-0 Sweden drawing 1-1 with Argentina and the join France, Portugal and Croatia Croatia loses to Ecuador and go home, Italy barely make it a draw (1-1) with Mexico Japan win again, Belgium tops Russia 3-2 to progress So after the first round we lost World Champions France, third from France 98 Croatia, biggest favourites Argentina and some dangerous teams like Portugal, Cameroon and Russia. Bojan Cešnovar