So, we've finally got to the knock-out stages of the World Cup. I might actually start watching more of the games in their entirety now. 4 games in one day was and is far too many, so at least that's over with. I wouldn't say there have been a lot of good games, but there have been a lot of tense games. And we've had some shocks (notably Germany and Belgium not progressing), a lot of controversy and some very weird results. A lot of big teams surprisingly lost their last group game but qualified for the knock-out stages (France, Brazil, Spain, Portugal), and it's going to be interesting to see if this affects them going forward. If you're going to lose a group stage match you would rather it was the first game, like Argentina. Talking about Argentina, they definitely top my list of least favorite countries - they truly are the masters of the dark arts of football. That's why it was so good to see another of those teams - Uruguay - get knocked out today. I think I have a bias against Spanish-language and Portuguese-language countries - I don't want to see any of them lift the cup. It's also noteworthy that Palace's only 2 players to feature in the World Cup (and only having 2 in itself is kind of insulting) have both been knocked out - so now I don't even have a second country to root for.
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