Day 10 Recap

PAR-SVK. Watched in my hotel. Not much to say, except I continue to root for non-Brazilian South American teams.

NZL-ITA. Watched in my hotel and poolside. Officially jumping on the Kiwi bandwagon. I would by a Ryan Nelson jersey right now. Incredible game. Anything that upsets the Italians is fine by me. Incredible that they just continue to dive. Cheaters.

BRA-CIV. Watched poolside. Blah game. Sick of Brazil although all their goals were all beautiful. Quickly descended into chippiness. Brazil is clearly formidable, although I don't think they're invincible.

After two games: Six African teams. 1 in 1st (Ghana), 1 in 3rd (Cote d'Ivoire), 4 in 4th (South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Algeria).

Pool leader: Noah and Geoff remain tied for first. Josh is one point back. Pure, Jer and I are five points back.

Passport: Still in Memphis.

My arrival in SA: T-minus 56.5 hours. (30 of which will be on a plane).