World Cup - Summary of the 2nd Round
Least surprising result - England lost to Germany by a large margin. No, really?
Most disappointing player - Wayne Rooney - see above! (but Fernando Torres is not too far behind)
Greatest sigh of relief - only one game of the eight finished with penalties
Punching above their weight - Ghana, probably the weakest (on paper) of all the African teams and yet they are into the quarter-finals as Africa's sole representatives
Best performing region - South America, with 4 of their five teams into the quarter-finals, has a team in every single game and only Chile (knocked out buy another South American team, Brazil) has failed to progress
Best return from injury - Arjen Robben, whose first full game for Netherlands saw him score a wonderful (and, for him, very typical) goal
Most disconcerting feeling - having no new game to watch for two consecutive nights has left me feeling aimless and listless (and no, that isn't a pun as I write this list!)
Most disappointing player - Wayne Rooney - see above! (but Fernando Torres is not too far behind)
Greatest sigh of relief - only one game of the eight finished with penalties
Punching above their weight - Ghana, probably the weakest (on paper) of all the African teams and yet they are into the quarter-finals as Africa's sole representatives
Best performing region - South America, with 4 of their five teams into the quarter-finals, has a team in every single game and only Chile (knocked out buy another South American team, Brazil) has failed to progress
Best return from injury - Arjen Robben, whose first full game for Netherlands saw him score a wonderful (and, for him, very typical) goal
Most disconcerting feeling - having no new game to watch for two consecutive nights has left me feeling aimless and listless (and no, that isn't a pun as I write this list!)