I moved all the talk about race (not pertaining to soccer) to a new thread entitled "Race Relations".
jason...HUUUUUGE game for Spain tomorrow. I'm half Spanish, and (obviously) we take this shit seriously...if we don't advance I will be beyond crushed. Chile will be playing for the tie, and like pretty much every team that plays Spain, they will be putting at least 10 men behind the ball I'm sure. This will be devastating should we not advance...the choke label will be a permanent fixture.
And to think, so far it's been so great for me...USA advances, the 2 teams I hate the most don't advance (Italy and esp, France), the games this past round were uber-entertaining, the play has really picked up, Brazil and Argentina are playing beautiful soccer, Messi has put a stranglehold on the 'best plat player in the world argument, without even scoring a goal...and yet it will all come crashing down if Spain lays an egg tomorrow, which, given our history, is quite possible.
Can't wait for tomorrow...got the day off, got Brazil-Portugal at 7 am, and Spain-Chile for all the marbles at 11:30...