Ok I took a day off from posting yesterday mainly because I did not see any of the games in full. It was a day when the pre tournament favourites lost the opening match to the Swiss, through a calamitous goal. Chile impressed many with a bright open attacking style of play but could only score one goal to beat unfancied Honduras 1-0. We also saw the host nation suffer a 3-0 defeat to the impressive Uruguay. Diego Forlan was impressive again and he is looking at being one of the players of the early stages of the tournament. A great each way bet at the start of the tournament to be top goal scorer at 66/1.

It was then on to today's matches. I decided to take my lunch break in Thomas Reads put and joined the Argentinian fans for the second half of the Argentina V South Korea game. As a person who goes to many of the Ireland matches both home and away it was great to watch a game with people who wanted to sing and chant and cheer throughout the game. They were bar stoolers but of the best variety. It was an amazing atmosphere in the pub and a joy to behold when Argentina scored four goals. I chatted to people from Buenos Aires and Cordoba and there was plenty of Fernet downed by the vociferous support. It was certainly my best experience of the 2010 World Cup so far no doubt and Argenina have become the team I will support all the way to the Final.

The second game of the day was Nigeria and Greece but due to work commitments I did not catch this game. By all accounts Nigeria started the game well and the game changed on the sending off of the Nigerian Kaita after 33 minutes. This altered the flow of the the game and the overtly cautious Greece were forced to come out and play and won the game 2-1. It all makes for an interesting final last round of games and I for one will be watching it with the Argentinian fans in Thomas Reads.

The final game of the day pitted the alternative Boys in Green, Mexico and the fractious French. It was a very enjoyable game where there was only really one team that wanted to play football and one team that was actually playing as a team. Hernandez came on in the second half and made a huge difference, it looks like the Manchester United bound player is going to be a hit in the English Premiership and he took the first goal coolly tonight. A penalty late in the 2nd half confirmed the result and left the French with a mountain to climb to qualify. They looked a shambles tonight and there was no unity of spirit with any aspect of their performance and I don't think there will be any tears shed if and when they exit the tournament.

There is no doubt that the World Cup is hotting up and the games are becoming more open as we enter the 2nd round of games and teams are forced to go for it a bit more. Hopefully more and more goals will be scored and we can see goals like Forlan's last night and a couple of Higuain's today. Its shaping up to be an interesting round of games and lets hope Algeria can make it even more interesting tomorrow.

Oh a humorous note, Robbie Savage made the headlines today when after his leisurely run on the beach in Cape Town he said he did not know what all the fuss was about the altitude in South Africa. Good to see that he was not living up to the cliche of dumb blondes:)