World Cup 2014

Hi peeps! DobbeoSavageo back from Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaazilica wi’ me blog on the beautiful game. FIFA asked Suarez if he’d like his ban rescinded so he can return to the World Cupeo - he said if they offered him the chance, he’d bite their hand off…

So - the knock-outs!

Chile pushed the Brazilians all the way and cemented their rising reputation at this tournament with yet another top display and a great goal by a man we’ll see much more of next season, I’m sure. Shame they were undone by the dreaded penalty shootout and that staple of Brazilian and German teams at tournament  football - sheer ability and the persistence to bulldoze their way through even when performances drop. Raise a glass to the biggest success of the tournament so far and a new potential power in world football - Chile - we salute you!

Please also raise a glass to possibly the second biggest success this summer - Colombia! They continued their ascendance on the world stage with yet another solid performance and another of the tournament’s best finishes - another rising star we’ll come to know much better in the year to come. Even Uruguay’s lacklustre departure caused by a toothless display that lacked Suarez’s bite couldn’t deflect from Colombia’s quality. Let’s be honest though; we all expected Uruguay to be packing their bags now their main star was extinguished in his own implosion. Yet another case of a footballing genius falling foul of his demons - we’ll be talking of him for decades to come; but he’s in danger, like many before him, of derailing his own career just as he rises, to crash fatally in flames. And so many of us across the globe would chew our own left arm off to have a millionth of his talent. Such sadness…

That’s it for today peeps - I’ll be back after the second pair of games wi’ me awesome opinion. Just remember though - I called Brazil and Colombia to progress. Let’s see if I’m right about the Netherlands and Costa Rica baby! Ciao for now peeps!