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[quote=Anonymous]On to other teams and games.

Didn't see Sweden play. Great result for South Africa to beat Italy and get through to the knockouts. Football is insanely popular in that country among the non-White population, but now slowly supplanting rugby and cricket among Whites as well. The women's team doing well will give a boost to the sport and make up for some of the disappointment with the underachieving men's national team. It's a very sports-crazy culture, just like Australia, so the rest of the world better watch out as the girls come up. They are already the reigning Africa champs.

France vs Panama (parts of which I saw) was entertaining. The French are, stereotypically perhaps, mercurial. Reminds me a bit of the French men's team before they started winning championships. Talented, fast, creative and fearless in attack, but also loose at the back with big lapses of focus. Some of the girls in this team are among the most exciting footballers I have seen. The way they flow forward, with flicks, dribbles and 1-touch passes and running off the ball is a joy to watch. On our visits to France we have seen a bit of the popularity of football among boys and girls alike among all ethnicities and they way they play it in the city parks and neighborhoods. Reminds me a bit of the way basketball is played in the inner cities of our country. The French aren't going to win this one - too undisciplined at the back - but the farther they go, more the entertainment value.

Sad about Brazil. But apart from their first game, they were a big disappointment. Good moments in possession and attack, plenty of physicality and skill, but lots of errors and (probably) lack of organization - what else would explain the no. of times against France and even Jamaica they seemed to be caught 1-on-1 in their own half in dangerous positions?

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