Sam's PANDO! or GORDO? # 4 (June 14 - Day 3)

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Match 5: COLOMBIA v. GREECE

Date: Saturday June 14, 2014      

Venue: Estadio Mineiroa, BELO HORIZONTE

PANDO! or GORDO? PANDO!

Didn't really think about this match too much, but oh did JAMES RODRIGUEZ show he may be the best player in the group .. .. And, USAs MARK GEIGER did a great job marshalling the match .. ..

COL struck early in the 5th minute when PABLO ARMERO rolled a stoppable shot in the L/Box but the GRE marker whiffed on his clearance and that was the match really .. .. GRE was careless with the pill the whole match and had 5+ unforced turnovers .. .. GRE had nothing in the middle of the pitch and attacked mainly on the flanks, pumping in 16 crosses, 11 from the R/Flank .. .. Their last gasp came in the 63rd minute when GEKAS had a clear header that he put off the bar .. ..

JAMES RODRIGUEZ' CK (58th minute) started the second goal when a flick-on from the CK got through to TEOFILO GUTIERREZ who stayed with play after making his M/Box run and volleyed home .. .. RODRIGUEZ topped the match in extra-time when

Sam's PANDO! or GORDO? # 3 (June 13 - Day 2)

SKY SPORTS is reporting that five Premiership sides may bid for towering USA Defender JOHN ANTHONY BROOKS as well Bundesliga & French sides .. ..  

Match 2: MEXICO v. CAMEROON                                                       

Date: Friday June 13, 2014 

Venue: Estadio das Dunas, NATAL

PANDO! or GORDO? GORDO?

AFTER A VERY HO-HUM AFRICAN PERFORMANCE FOUR YEARS AGO, IT'S WARMING TO KNOW NOTHING HAS CHANGED!

Good players don't make it a good team, but we already know that .. .. Huh, Landon?

From out whistle CMR didn't link up and were just looking to get ETO'O the ball directly .. .. CMR didn't pump a cross from the flank until the 21st minute while MEX dominated play in the opening half with 11 crosses .. .. MEX had goals waved off (12th & 29th minute) and on another night, both would have counted .. .. ANDRES GUARDADO' FK could have easily made it 3-0 if MARQUEZ, or one of his buddies, nodded it in .. ..

The second half was much of the same and CMR was just poor really .. .. The tried to ramp it up in the second half but

Sam's PANDO! or GORDO? Extra - Audio Edition # 1

Sammy's dug up a real gem.  Post-game commentary from Waddle & Taylor....

Here's a better version of the 2010 ENG meltdown .. ..

And, all the points they bring up, the USA has adopted .. .. We'll see if ENG does .. ..

Direct Link to Audio (6:10)

Sam's PANDO! or GORDO? # 2 (June 12 - Day 1)

 > FIFA tells USSF to prepare for a 2022 re-vote and would look at it hard!  

Match 1: BRA v. CRO                                                

Date: Thursday June 12, 2014     

Venue: Arena Corinthians Sao Paulo

PANDO! or GORDO? Pando! & Gordo?

PANDO because it certainly wasn't boring, but GORDO because BRA certainly looked beatable and would have no chance if the WC was played away from BRA .. .. 

A completely deceiving 3-1 final score > A match that a thoroughly-vulnerable BRAZIL was very lucky to win .. .. And, another strong lesson in that GOALKEEPER is the most important position on the pitch .. ..

A shocked Arena Corinthians saw CROATIA go up 1-0 in the 11th minute when ole vet IVICA OLIC sent in a hard cross from L/Flank that bounced in off MARCELO who whiffed initially .. .. Shortly after, the lights went off in half the stadium - an omen?

NEYMAR equalized in the 27th minute when he was at the top of the 'D' and hit a L/Footed grounder that was able to get under STIPE PLETIKOSA into the L/Right .. ..

The nimble, agile OSCAR continued his fine match when he

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