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costa rica is absolutely positively the real cinderella this year. i'm impressed with that. didn't see their england game but 0-0 to secure their first place is a pretty fucking great result.

problem with ivory coast is that its best players (except for toure) are now washed out. and gervinho-- for everyone he scores, he fucks up 19.

i didn't see them play this game but i saw them vs colombia, and from what i've spied, ghana is the best african team this year--potent, just in a tough group. they stood up to germany like champs. oh, and there's the suprising france b team known as algeria (thanks for the fantasy points!) but i haven't really seen them play-- they did have an easy group though.

but anyway, be careful what you ask for-- maybe ghana beats the shit out of portugal and we get send home.

re: suarez, i spotted some ticker saying he might get 2 years or 24 games suspension-- but no discussion.

if colombia passes, costa rica-colombia should be amazing. pinto (the CR coach) is colombian, so he might have to commit seppuku so the narcos spare his family. shit! yes, this is a country where people have been killed for less. (watch "two escobars")