Sunday, June 11, 2006

Sweden 0 Trinidad & Tobago 0

Great game! T&T was outplayed, it's true. But they also played a man down for half the match, so that's understandable. (The red card on Avery John was bogus - he got all ball, and the studs were not up. But bringing on ANOTHER STRIKER after the red card - brilliant.) However, they played well, and were some woodwork away from actually winning the match. And it's even more impressive given that T&T has, what, a little over 1 million in population?

You've got to love Shaka Hislop - great name, and played great, especially for a guy who didn't even know he was starting until minutes before the match. It was really strange that the announcers didn't know he was in the match until about 10 MINUTES into the game. They were almost speechless when they found out T&T had a different keeper than the guy they listed in the opening lineups.

I didn't think Sweden was very good prior to the tourney - as you can see, I didn't think they'd get out of the group stage. And I saw nothing to change my mind.

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