This one is for all the marbles. If Korea win, they go through. If Argentina win, and Korea tie, Korea go through. We’re pro Korea here (that’s South Korea, obviously) — be the Reds! There are a couple other situations where Korea can advance to the knockout stages, but it’s all academic. They need to win against the Super Turkeys…I mean Eagles.
In the other match, Argentina promise to turn on the style, and probably rest some of their players against a Greek side that hasn’t looked strong enough to move beyond the group, let alone beat what may very well be the tournament’s eventual winners.
All the fun after the bump!
Spain just kicked off against Honduras–and so begins the highly anticipated return of Spain to the field of play after their shocking loss to Switzerland last week.
We’re not liveblogging this one, as the game is already in the 29th minute, and in fact Paraguay just scored to go up 1-0. But we’ll use our liveblogging format nevertheless for some notes and observations about the match–probably mostly about the Paraguayan side, as we’re guessing they’re the more likely to advance out of the group.
Some thoughts on Netherlands-Japan collected below as we watch the match on this fine Saturday morning.
The lynchpin game for Mexico today, and they’re favorites to put down an unsettled French squad who by all rights 
Good morning from lovely Brooklyn, NY where we’re settled in at South African restaurant Madiba. We’ll be posting up action and comments along the way.