On air: An upset and some goals - just what this World Cup needed?
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| 06:33 UK time, Thursday, 17 June 2010
and won't agree, but there seems to be a mood around elsewhere that Wednesday's games mean the World Cup could have turned some sort of corner.
"At last, the tournament's first real upset", writes :
No, the U.S. drawing against England doesn't really count. Kudos to the Swiss for beating La Furia Roja. The tournament needed that. And arguably, so did Spain.
And maybe Uruguay's three goals against Bafana Bafana will reassure about the lack of scoring so far.
For those who judge football by the number of goals scored, it's not good so far - 1.6 goals per game, six 1-0 wins, two 0-0 draws.
We've seen all of the teams in action now and here are some of the words being used to describe the first round of games: , and even .
England's Wayne Rooney is quoted as saying today he hopes it gets "" (although I'm sure England fans will hope he does something about that himself ...)
But others say it's far too early to judge, and has a theory:
Perhaps it is the football tourists who are being negative - those part-time football viewers who are never going to relish seeing Italy play Paraguay and who judge quality by number of goals. People should also realize that World Cup football is not about being the best, most exciting free-flowing action of all time - national sides are a unique mixture of great, good and average; legends line-up with obscurities.
Tell us what you think - has it been a boring World Cup so far? Do Wednesday's games give the tournament something it was otherwise missing? Or are people being far too quick to judge?Â
