Australia gets it done

Boy are my prognostications being put to the test today. First, Japan surrendered a 1-nil lead in the final throes of the match to an on-fire Tim Cahill who scored a brace in the last 6 minutes of the match. With a third coming from John Aloisi in the dying gasp of the match. and now, with only 5 minutes gone in the US/Czech Republic game, the United States are down 1 goal and a states defender has already received a yellow card. This does not bode well. **UPDATE** Perhaps I shall no longer publish my predictions, but instead simply gloat or cry quietly when they come true or fail to do so. The United States are down 2-nil at the break. A massive uphill battle for the team if they want to come out of this table unscathed. Come on the boys. **UPDATE** How utterly embarassing. The first US national team with half a chance and their arses get handed to them. The Czech Repbulic beat the US soundly by the difference in their FIFA rankings. Czech Republic is ranked 2nd in the world right behind Brazil while the USA is ranked 5th. Now, if we can only beat Ghana & Italy by the difference in our FIFA rankings, all will be set right in the world. You see, Ghana is ranked 48th while Italy is ranked 13th. Yes, I'd like to see those scorelines. One more game today with Italy taking on Ghana. I'm zero & two on my predictions for the day, so let's see what Ghana can do to poor Italy. **UPDATE** 1-nil to the Azurri at the half. Although Ghana have been pressing forward and forcing Italy to play a bit of scramble-ball. A quite entertaining first half. More to come. Wastrel On.