Yeah, That Was Ugly

By Duane Rollins The 24th Minute

World Cup wind-up: It don’t have to be pretty to work
Yeah, that was ugly. And, predictable. No, really.

The Swiss learned from the USA’s win over Spain last year and, at times, had seven men lined up at the back The resulting 1-0 win puts the Swiss in a wonderful position to advance from this World Cup and, likely, means that one of Brazil or Spain are not getting past the round of 16. Portugal and the Ivory Coast might have been the real winners today.

Or not. The assumption there is that Switzerland is a soft touch in the knock-out stage. That ignores the five game clean sheet streak they are currently on.

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