Sunday, June 18, 2006 , 8:56 AM

Before I even start on my post today, I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to HUIMIN a.k.a islenska for my new yoyo-themed blogskin!!! It totally rocks! It's gonna stay for a very, very, very, very long time guys! : )

Portugal 2-0 Iran

Czech Rep 0-2 Ghana

Italy 1-1 USA

On Portugal vs Iran:

Portugal is the 6th team to have made it into the round of 16, with goals coming in at 2nd half, by Deco and C.Ronaldo. For me, I think the biggest contribution came from Deco, and thanks to him, Portugal can finally advance into the next stage in 40 years! 40 years! And Deco's goal just came in the right time to make the first breakthrough, Portugal has created many chance right from the start and it was pretty much time for someone to do the job, and who else but world-class Deco? C.Ronaldo's 2nd goal came from a penalty after Luis Figo was fouled by Iran's Gol-something something. Overall, Iranians fought hard to hold Portugal until Deco's first goal came in, it kinda knocked their spirit off course a lil.

He's my man Deco! This looks like a fun**** pic don't ya think? Oh well. : )


On Czech vs Ghana:

Less than 90 seconds into the game, and Ghana's Gyan scored a goal! It's the fastest goal in Germany 06'. Haha but Turkey's still holds the fastest goal record. Poor Cech, he's prolly still looking for his family in the spectator crowd when Gyan came running into the penalty box and struck a lethal blow. Czech Rep really struggled against an attacking Ghana after they were left with 10 men. It certainly wasn't Czech's best tornament so far. With Czech key hitmen Koller and Baros injured, their attacking force was more than halved. Plus, Koller's sub was also injured, and that leaves very lil depth in the Czech Rep's striking force. I guess Czec Rep's gonna make an early exit this tornament. I'm happy for Ghana as they made the first win for the African continent.

On Italy vs USA:

Need I say more? This was pure theatrics. A 10 men Italy against a 9 men USA. A total of 3 red cards given out by the ref! 3 in a single match! LOL. Dang this year players hafta look out for an extra fault-finding ref. The result gives Italy 1 point, topping the table of Group E. USA will meet Ghana in the next stage. And boy, De Rossi's gonna have a bloody hard time from Italy's coach today. All in all, I guess the drama involved in this match kinda overshadowed the football, but I thought the American GK did a pretty darned good job. : )

Moving away from football( I'm gonna haf the World Cup hangover pretty soon)...

Weee~ Will be going to town to get some clothes for my cousin's wedding. LOL. The dress code is now smart casual I guess. Went swimming yesterday with my sis, so many people in the pool, I thought the water felt a lil slimy so it felt pretty much like we were wading in an oil spill. We didn't really swim, more like we meandered our way around people, and more people. Haha. But there was this family, they brought their baby along and he/she sat on this lil float, so cute!!! YAY! And I did my side splash, my sis was too shy to do it. LOL. I'd wanted to swim a lil more but my sis wanna go home early. In the shower room, I realized I'd actually forgotten to bring my Brazil( minus the zil), and I stood in the shower room shouting for my sis, she was prolly busy drying her hair someplace else, so I changed into my swimming costume( top) and stepped outside. I'm such an ass! How can I forget something like this!?! So, I'd to dry my swimmin costume at the hands dryer, man it was so embarrassing! Aargh before I go swimming next time, I'd gotta do a checklist first.