Germany destroyed Argentina 4-0 to book their place in the semi-finals of the World Cup. An early 3rd-minute goal by Thomas Muller was the only goal of the first half and although Argentina had threatened briefly, three second half goals sank Argentina.
If you think this World Cup doesn't seem to have many goals, you hunch is correct. With 58 games so far, the 32 countries have combined to score 128 goals to give an average of only 2.2 goals per game.
Last night, Holland upset Brazil 2-1 while Uruguay were lucky to beat Ghana 4-2 on penalty kicks after it finished 1-1 in extra time. Today, the quarter-final action continues with two games -- Argentina vs Germany, and Paraguay vs Spain.
The World Cup has some of the best professional football players in the world. It may be the beautiful game, but it has an ugly side to it, and now the whole world can see it.
Uruguay and Ghana battled to a 1-1 draw in their World Cup quarter-final thus the match will have to be decided by 30 minutes of extra time.
Tournament favourites Brazil crashed out of the World Cup when Holland came from a goal down to win 2-1 in a quarter-final tie, with Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo having a roller-coaster game. He assisted on Brazil's opener but scored an own-goal to level the tie, then was sent off six minutes after Holland took a 2-1 lead they never relinquished.
After two days of non-World Cup action, I bet the thing on every local football fan's mind will be the tantalizing clash between football giants Holland and Brazil. Two similar footballing styles will come head-to-head - Holland's "Total Football" vs Brazil's "Samba Football".
The penalty kick is the worst way to end a football contest. We want to see real goals from real men.