Force is Strong with Forza Pazza

Standings have been updated with 15 points up for grabs today (1 pt x 3 RR matches plus 3 pt x 4 teams that made the Round of 16).  South Africa's win snapped El Chileno and Lionelmessi's win streak at 8.  Sisyphus86 was the only one to get all 3 matches correct (pretty good picking RSA and URU).  Ten got both Group A teams correct while 9 got both Group B teams correct.  The intersection of five got all 4 teams correct (Forza Pazza, Source, EEChick1400, Big Tex, and Serrano).  Five missed both Group A teams and every entry got at least one of the two Group B teams.

That leaves Forza Pazza in first with 32 points followed by Big Tex with 31 and EEChick1400 with 30.  Serrano and Source moved from a tie for 39th to a tie for 4th place in just one day.  On the flip side, Chi-Town Mikey's and Desert17 went from a tie for 14th to a tie for 57th in just one day.  Krispy Kicker is further in the bottom with just 12 points clearing Coin Tossed by four and Samersig and SirMarcCharles by 5.

BTW, the four teams who didn't advance all put in great efforts today.  France finally scored, Greece held their own and had a better than expected Cup, Nigeria came to life in the second half (too little too late) and if they didn't have Gordo's feet, would have won by two or so goals, and host South Africa picked up a well-deserved win over the 2006 Runner-Ups.

More Gordos

Nigeria's #9 after missing the easy chip now fails to chest down a ball in the box which could have resulted in a easy goal.  Meanwhile Greece is cooked going down 2-0 which means of Korea protects the tie, they are in.

No Bailout for Greece

Wow, Korea was fast in easily beating Greece.  Argentina couldn't finish but did get a 1-0 win.  32 are tied for first with 2 points while 33 are tied with one point.  With 66 entries (unofficially), that leaves TAZ last with none.