From: KaiserD2 on
I will be trying to catch a stream of this match this afternoon. I
thought Ghana was excellent and very unlucky four years ago. They
actually outplayed the Brazilians and could easily have been in that
game all the way if they had taken some of their chances early on.
It's sad they will be without Essien, but it seems to me they also
were without him in at least one key game four years ago. Meanwhile,
we are again wondering what Dutch team will step forward. . .. or
whether this is the third great Dutch team (after 1974-8 and
1998-2000) that is not destined to win anything.
From: The Scrutineer on


<KaiserD2(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Don't forget Van Persie, who looked awesome over the weekend--he
> could be like Van Basten in 1988 when I believe he had missed most of
> the season, too.
>

Hope the injuries are behind him, such a wasted talent so far!!!

From: Maxx on
On Jun 1, 2:00 pm, Kaise...(a)gmail.com wrote:
>   I will be trying to catch a stream of this match this afternoon.  I
> thought Ghana was excellent and very unlucky four years ago.  They
> actually outplayed the Brazilians and could easily have been in that
> game all the way if they had taken some of their chances early on.
> It's sad they will be without Essien, but it seems to me they also
> were without him in at least one key game four years ago.  Meanwhile,
> we are again wondering what Dutch team will step forward. . .. or
> whether this is the third great Dutch team (after 1974-8 and
> 1998-2000) that is not destined to win anything.

They're my team to win the whole thing. van Persie to get golden boot.