IMO, in term of the quality of football and excitement this is probably the best World Cup since 1986.
Before the tournament started I was afraid that the European teams will struggle and underperform becoz of the humidity of the Far East but so far apart from Croatia and probably England, most of them done reasonably well.
The cool things of this tournamnet so far is that there are goals in every match. Top teams(even Italy) all tried to attack from the first seconds of the match (probably after seeing Senegal upset France ) and there are lot of dramas (recalling the number of time the ball hitting the post and no. of goals disallowed). And the standad of football of African and some Asian nations show signs of catching up that of Europe and S A, almost every game is tights as hell.
The other great thing is the quality of the goals, recalling France 98, only few goals were scored outside the penalty area. But this time round in 13 games, we already have high quality free kick goals, long distance shots, overhead kick and tonnes of vollies. (probably something to do with the new ball)
If the quality of football remain high in the next 4 weeks and the local fans start to learn to appreciate the game and become more passionate. Then this can be one of the classic tournament like that of 70, 82 and 86.
Can't wait to see Germany vs Ireland, France vs Uruguay and of course Argentina vs England in the coming days
What you guys opinions about the overall quality of the football of this tournament so far?
Before the tournament started I was afraid that the European teams will struggle and underperform becoz of the humidity of the Far East but so far apart from Croatia and probably England, most of them done reasonably well.
The cool things of this tournamnet so far is that there are goals in every match. Top teams(even Italy) all tried to attack from the first seconds of the match (probably after seeing Senegal upset France ) and there are lot of dramas (recalling the number of time the ball hitting the post and no. of goals disallowed). And the standad of football of African and some Asian nations show signs of catching up that of Europe and S A, almost every game is tights as hell.
The other great thing is the quality of the goals, recalling France 98, only few goals were scored outside the penalty area. But this time round in 13 games, we already have high quality free kick goals, long distance shots, overhead kick and tonnes of vollies. (probably something to do with the new ball)
If the quality of football remain high in the next 4 weeks and the local fans start to learn to appreciate the game and become more passionate. Then this can be one of the classic tournament like that of 70, 82 and 86.
Can't wait to see Germany vs Ireland, France vs Uruguay and of course Argentina vs England in the coming days
What you guys opinions about the overall quality of the football of this tournament so far?