World Cup 2006: Germany v. Italy

An OK first half turned into a boring second half as everybody got tired. (And who can blame them? What is this, seven games in the last month?) Del Pierro was a huge sub for Italy in OT, instantly revitalizing the Italian offense. Very surprised that Germany seemed...

World Cup 2006: 3rd round recap, 4th round picks

3rd round Germany v. Argentina: I correctly picked Germany. I thought that Argentina would be too tired to pull it off. Didn’t anticipate PKs, though. Italy v. Ukraine: I correctly picked Italy. In fact, this was as correct a pick as I’ve had all tourney....