Spain v Chile / Switz v Honduras

[Victor Meldrew]

What a great effort by Chile.
A reminder though that the most important part of football is finishing and Spain showed us how to do it.
If the African sides had better finishers I think they could go a long way in this and future world cups but apart from E'too and Drogba the strikers (including Yakubu) have looked sub-standard.
I don't think Chile could have kept up the fantastic pace shown in the first 30 minutes and Spain were already 2-0 up so I think they would have still won.
For me the most enjoyable game after the Ghana v Germany game which also was played at a terrific tempo.
The disappointment so far has been the general pace of games (including England)especially as the conditions are ideal during the South African winter and yet a lot of the teams (including England) look as though they are playing in a heatwave.

[readingfc13]

[chilipepper91]

Chris Coleman ruined it for me by constantly mispronouncing Puyol's name as Piehole.

On that subject I can't help but notice that during this world cup Jeremy Toulalan has become 'too-la-la' and Fabio Quagliarella has become 'quig-lee-a-rella'. Cracking commentary

I guess they all pale into insignificance when remembering the day that 'Alf-Inga-Harland' became 'Alfie-Horland'

Thank fook France are out - ITV's insistence on saying "Nicola Anelka" used to piss me off so much.

[bobbybottler]

Once you've listened to Brian Moore trying to wrap his tongue around Olarticoechea, stuff like Nicola Anelka doesn't really register.