ARG:CIV

I just saw the best soccer game I've ever seen. Argentina vs. Ivory Coast. The ball control and speed throughout the game was incredible. The only downside was the D- oscar performance put on by the Argentinian players when they were "fouled". It was pretty lame to see some of the intense action be brought to a hault when a player decided to dive and draw a foul. One time the Ivory Coast player did not even touch the other player at all, the other player pretended like it was a very serious injury, and the dumbass ref gave the Ivory Coast player a yellow card. Usually I'm inclined to think that ref's don't have favorites when they are doing their job, but it sure did look like he was a hired hand. Anyway, the point of this post was to predict that, despite losing to the stalling/cheapshot/drama queens, I think that the Ivory Coast has a real shot at winning the World Cup, after seeing all five games thus far. Given, I have yet to see a few dominant teams perform, namely Brazil and Mexico, but I'm sticking with my prediction. I felt that tonight the Ivory Coast man-handled Argentina, and had a few bad breaks, a couple unlucky situations, and some unfair calls by the refs.