>>>Just wanted to let you know I will be cheering for Argentina today. Generally they are not one of the teams I cheer for, although there is nothing in particular I have against them. I figure what the heck, it will make Hugo happy. And I am not being sarcastic in the least. Enjoy the match!
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>>Thanks Mike! Good luck with the game that is going now! I will not lie, I suffered like a pig, and we were fortunate in the last minute, our best defender, the post, saved the game!
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>>By the way, this was Buenos Aires... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m053YbuXPcs
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>All's well that ends well.
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>The real soccer-loving countries come to a standstill during World Cup matches, don't they? There was a great photo in the NY Times the other day of a group of Brazilian fans, literally living in the rain forest, watching the game on a dilapidated TV in a dilapidated room.
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>Costa Rica next. Do you have any advance thoughts or are you just going to catch your breath for a couple of days?

USA fought valiantly vs Belgium, the goalie was excellent! And they almost tied in one of the last plays of the game. Argentina also got lucky with a couple of last minute attempts from the Swiss (one was a clear, clear, clear dive...)

As for the future, I think we might have a semi-finals with the "Big four", but nobody will have it easy, except maybe Netherlands, as Costa Rica does seem to be the weakest of the last eight, but watching how difficult was for all the teams to go thru, anything can happen, and nobody will be surprised if Colombia defeats Brazil or France defeats Germany as both Colombia and France seem to be playing better, Belgium defeating Argentina is not very unlikely either, remember they were un-beaten on the qualifiers and won all games in WC so far with the so called "New Golden Generation".

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