Wild World Cup Action

I've been watching the World Cup lately, and it's been awesome -- especially the hot Italian guy pile in the Italy/Ghana game after the second goal! I felt kind of bad for Ghana though, as they put up a pretty fierce resistance and yet seemed like really nice guys, always helping fallen Italian players up and patting them on the back, shaking hands with them, etc. But the bottom line is that the Italian team (who also seemed like a class act) were truly the superior one in this game. Sort of like in the USA/Czech Rep. game. Boy were we ever destroyed. The Czechs might be the great hope against Brazil this year.

Another team I wish had won was Angola. In the case of their game against their former colonial botherers Portugal. In this case, I think the match was a lot closer to even. Angola really put up a savage fight and seemed like they really deserved it. But of course, it's not over for any of these teams yet, as the first round goes on. Angola could still beat Mexico and Iran, and Ghana could still beat the US and CR (although I really doubt it).

Anyway, here's how I see things turning out (and here's what I'd like to see happen):

Round 1
Group A: Germany (Germany)
Group B: England (Sweden. Fucking Bechham)
Group C: Argentina (Cote D'Ivoire)
Group D: Mexico (them or Angola would be cool)
Group E: Czech Republic (Italy)
Group F: Brazil (Croatia, but I mean really now)
Group G: South Korea (France)
Group H: Spain (Spain)

After that,
Germany over England (hoping so too)
Argentina over Mexico (but go Mexico)
Probably Brazil over Czech Republic (but go Czechs, seriously)
South Korea over Spain (I'm pretty neutral on this one)

Then,
Argentina over Germany (but go Germany)
Brazil over South Korea (South Korea go))

Finally,
Brazil over Argentina (but go Argentina this time)

So that's that. Forza Italia! Forza mucchio caldo del tipo!