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3 is the magic number

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Whilst South Korea vs Algeria represents an excellent chance to have a rest from the football tv marathon, it is not something I'd consider for a single minute. Tonight, after all is the final serving of 3 matches back to back. Tomorrow things get more complicated as the groups round off their games and we are into the realms of simulcast. Yes - picture it now. TVs, laptops, iPads all over the place, showing live coverage, league tables and calculators to work out potential qualification scenarios. Excellent. The downside though is that from tomorrow we only get 3 hours of football per day  instead of the now customary 4.5.)

Since I last posted, I've seen Ghana's epic performance against Germany, proving that no team is going to be untouchable. Nigeria beat Bosnia & Herzogovina too, which whilst a surprise to me, was thoroughly deserved. And this afternoon, Belgium staked their claim to be the new Switzerland - very dull and uninspiring, but they snatched a 1-0 at the last. The thing with Belgium is that they have the class players to be able to win any game, and I'm worrying that they may become the villains of the piece, grinding out wins without ever exciting us.

I'll leave you with my predictions for Group A qualifiers:

1) Brazil
2) Croatia

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