What A Day!

Yesterday's 1st match saw a cracker by Deco & a Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty bring Portugal to the next round. But, I think the 2nd match was the best of the day. When Czech Republic beat USA last week, I thought they will go through all their group stage matches without any problem. I'm so so wrong! Ghana scored 2 passed Petr Cech & co. Actually, it might have been more goals for Ghana but Cech produced his best form, the best keeper performance for the tournament, for now. The last match saw Italy & USA drew 1-1. The result didn't really mirror the action on the pitch. There was an own goal, a disallowed goal & 3 red cards which ended up 10 Italians played against 9 Americans most of the 2nd half. The draw & the Ghanaians' victory open up the group which all 4 teams still have chance to progress to the next round.

WC WC gak. Nak cakap gak a bit our Malaysian football. Yesterday, Kedah won 1-0 against Melaka which make Kedah the Malaysia Premier League champion. Yeah, the quality of the game was far far behind the WC matches quality. However, as a Malaysian, we must support our local football. Realistically, we will not play at the WC in the near future but who knows, a drastic change occurs & suddenly we realize our national squad is playing their 1st match in the WC final! Yup, miracle yet that's our hope, right?

Asyik bola je, let talk bout badminton, the Malaysian Open, held in Kuching. There are 2 victories to cheer. Chong Wei kalahkan Lin Dan while Chong Ming - Kien Keat beat their 'juniors', Fairuzizuan - Woon Fui. Congrats to our boys especially to Chong Wei who came from behind to beat Lin Dan who at that time, need juz a point to win. Congrats again!

Yesterday's results:

World Cup (Group D): Portugal 2 Iran 0
World Cup (Group E): Czech Republic 0 Ghana 2
World Cup (Group E): Italy 1 USA 1



Today's schedules:

World Cup (Group F): Japan vs Croatia
World Cup (Group F): Brazil vs Australia
World Cup (Group G): France vs Korea Republic