Podolski's Brace & Maxi's Wonder

Germany & Argentina won yesterday and they will meet each other in the quarter-final which will be play in Berlin on next Friday, 30th of June. Podolski got his 2 goals in the early 12 minutes. And it proved enough for Germany to seal a place in the q-final. Later, Argentina won 2-1 (aet) against Mexico. Not as I expected, Mexico made it tough for the Argentinians. 1st task for the Argentinians, they had to come back from Mexico 1 goal lead, scored by Marquez. It took juz 4 minutes for Argentina to draw level. Crespo scored. That was it. It finished with 1-1. 8 minutes into the extra time, Maxi Rodriguez chested down Sorin's fine cross-field pass & then, he fired a left-footed volley which went into the top right-hand corner of Oswaldo Sanchez's net. Great goal! A worthy match-winner! Today, Portugal will meet Holland, a 'delicious' match. Yum..yum.. Haha.

Yesterday also saw Nicky Hayden got his 1st victory in this MotoGP season, his 2nd victory of his MotoGP career. The Dutch TT was a tough race for everybody, even for Hayden coz he overtook Colin Edwards only in the last corner. Not the normal overtook move, coz Edwards actually crashed at that corner. He got back on his bike & finished in 13th place. Pity. Today's race, the F1 Canadian GP. Hopefully the unexpected will happen...

Yesterday's results:

World Cup (Round of 16): Germany 2 Sweden 0
World Cup (Round of 16): Argentina 2 Mexico 1 (a.e.t.)

Today's schedules:

World Cup (Round of 16): England vs Ecuador
World Cup (Round of 16): Portugal vs Holland