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What's great in these Cup moments is when teams from different continents face one another.
Algeria played against Germany without the kind of complex a European team would have shown.
I was puzzled at first, wondering whether their stamina wouldn't wither too early, but no, they were up for the task.
Neuer playing so high as a sweeper, as !@#$%! said, my eyes bulged.
Someone please lob him in the quarter.
Politics now: when Algeria got through the group stages, some demonstrations of joy here and there in France lead to the police arresting people being excessively violent (burning cars, looting shops). This made the news here. Which prompted the National Front leader to demand that immigration stopped. But she can't top Ann Coulter.
In the South of France, in Nice, the mayor published a decree to make sure noone would hand an Algerian flag at his/her window (I bet it wasn't restricted to Algeria, any non French flag, but the target was the Algerian community). Ridiculous. In my hometown, during the Euro, there were Portugese flags down a few streets, noone's ever complained.
I guess most people are happy here that Algeria didn't make it, fearing animosity in the aftermath of the game.
I'll try to watch the US face Belgium.
Haven't seen your team play a whole game yet.
I have no idea what the backline looks like, apart from DaMarcus (how I liked him in his younger days). I'd really like to see how Zusi plays.
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