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World Cup: ¡Va La Argentina!

Posted on | June 22, 2010 | 7 Comments

Argentina got second-half goals from Martin Demichelis and Martin Palermo to defeat Greece 2-0, advancing to a round-of-16 match against Mexico. Your average Argentine soccer fan hates Mexico in a way that would horrify Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Argentina totally dominated Group B — scoring 7 goals to their opponents’ one — and against Greece, controlled the ball by a 2-to-1 margin and outshot the Greeks 22-to-7. 

So,  congratulations to my daughter’s beloved El Romantico. The United States will play Wednesday against Algeria:

Oh: France was eliminated after losing 2-1 to host South Africa.

UPDATE: Remember when I said that American soccer fans tend to be neurasthenic wienies? Gentlemen, I present Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated:

UPDATE II: Argentina fans today celebrate the 24th anniversary of Diego Maradona’s historic “Hand of God” play: “Un poco con la cabeza de Maradona y otro poco con la mano de Dios”

Category: Foreigners, Sports

Comments

7 Responses to “World Cup: ¡Va La Argentina!”

  1. Joe
    June 22nd, 2010 @ 10:56 pm

    Maybe Argentina can cap the damn well?

  2. Joe
    June 22nd, 2010 @ 6:56 pm

    Maybe Argentina can cap the damn well?

  3. Joe
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 12:24 am

    Looks like another team is about to declare victory.

  4. Joe
    June 22nd, 2010 @ 8:24 pm

    Looks like another team is about to declare victory.

  5. Estragon
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 5:54 am

    A grown married man with six children in the United States of America posting about . . . soccer “scores” . . . I try to be open-minded, but day-yum!

    Between Obama, soccer, and the education system in this country, I fear for the future of America’s testicles. Not that they might be injured, mind you, but that they might just shrivel up and wither away altogether.

    For crying out loud, this is a “sport” where the most rabid fans don’t paint their chests and faces and blow horns, they pack in standing room only areas and urinate on each others’ legs so they don’t have to miss a minute of the nonstop excitement of . . . oh, sorry, nodded off with all the soccer talk, where were we again? Oh, quite right, thanks – and then they go burn down the town. Not for winning a championship, like in major US metro areas, but just for the heck of it.

    I submit to you that if we allow this infection to spread amongst our children without immediate emergency preventive action, they will all grow up to be Democrats.

  6. Estragon
    June 23rd, 2010 @ 1:54 am

    A grown married man with six children in the United States of America posting about . . . soccer “scores” . . . I try to be open-minded, but day-yum!

    Between Obama, soccer, and the education system in this country, I fear for the future of America’s testicles. Not that they might be injured, mind you, but that they might just shrivel up and wither away altogether.

    For crying out loud, this is a “sport” where the most rabid fans don’t paint their chests and faces and blow horns, they pack in standing room only areas and urinate on each others’ legs so they don’t have to miss a minute of the nonstop excitement of . . . oh, sorry, nodded off with all the soccer talk, where were we again? Oh, quite right, thanks – and then they go burn down the town. Not for winning a championship, like in major US metro areas, but just for the heck of it.

    I submit to you that if we allow this infection to spread amongst our children without immediate emergency preventive action, they will all grow up to be Democrats.

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