World Cup 2010: Italy v. Paraguay

Perennial floppers Italy in their first World Cup match since Zidane head-butted his way into infamy and handed the title to the Azzurri in 2006. As a long time hater of teams that fake injury to fouls on their opponents, I’ve long loathed Italy’s style of...

World Cup 2010: Japan v. Cameroon

Finally in the 38th minute Japan makes Cameroon pay for a poor defensive decision and takes a 1-0 lead. Looked like the back defender didn’t trust the central defender to clear the cross—turns out he was right about that—but when the ball went by both of...

World Cup 2010: Netherlands v. Denmark

I think we can all agree that those buzzing instruments in the stands (vulvas? Something like that, though I’m pretty sure that’s not it. You can’t tell me that’s not a pretty funny thought, though) aren’t the least bit annoying. My God,...