World Cup Disappointment
27 Jun
The US-Ghana game just ended, and I have to vent. First, referee Markus Merk was absolutely horrible on both teams. I place probably 55% of the blame for the US loss on this man. If Ghana hadn’t had the penalty shot, I am confident the US would have come out the second half and scored two more goals for a 3-1 win. Sure, the US has to be able to take bad calls in stride and still come out swinging (hence only 55%), but the fact is that they would have won. There were several other similarly bad calls, and this man should get a talking to and a reprimand for altering the game as he did.
Second, Ghana was good. They played good soccer, but not great soccer. I say this because the US was playing bad soccer for most of the game. Ghana only out-played them slightly. The same went for their game against the Czech. It was only mediocre soccer, unlike how Czech played against the US. They were excellent there. Ghana is advancing, but they will flop against Brazil when they play some high-level football. Everybodys saying how great Ghana is playing in their first world cup, but frankly, they aren’t that good. Italy was the only team in this group that was consistently playing professional, solid soccer.
