Today's World Cup Menu
Cotes du Rhone, Chicken with Brie and Bacon in a White Wine sauce, Frankfurters with German mustard.
Order is Restored...
....In all senses, I've started watching the World Cup again and Germany got past Algeria 2-1 while France beat Nigeria 2-0 in the Round of 16 to set-up a tasty quarter-final. Both matches were tough on the favourites who hardly stamped their superior tournament experience on the games and the African teams can point to plenty of chances of their own in two exciting games.
Algeria even took Germany to extra time but when Schurrle scored two minutes later and Ozil scored a minute before the whistle, there was a sense that the European side had always had an extra something in the locker. Fortunately, Algeria scored on the very last kick giving the score-line a look that better reflected the play. If Algeria continue in this vein they could very well be the first African team that is able to make that extra step next time.
So a quarter-final tie between two old foes; "Germany and France have history going back to '82" said wise old Glenn Hoddle. I think it may go back a tad before that actually...!
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