World Cup Diary: Day Nine's Stumps and Tripes

Thursday’s games turned out to be the most exciting of this decidedly sub-pat World Cup so far: a thrashing (Argentina over Serbia, 6-0), a wonderful surprise (Angola’s Black Antelopes holding off holding off Mexico, 0-0) and in what has to be one of the most entertaining games of the tournament, Holland’s stylish 2-1 win over the Ivory Coast’s Elephants. Despite that little shower of goals, the 2.39 goal-average per game is still the second-lowest of the modern era. We need more goals. Read the rest…