Day 7. Oh Brazil, please take me back.

Day 7. What happened today in Brazil. Tim Cahill scored a wonder goal, but those plucky Aussies were beaten 3-2 by the Dutch. After Van Persie's much talked about flying header against Spain, Australian Leckie tried the flying chest goal. He probably would have scored with his head, he didn't and Holland then scored the winner. Later, the big one...Chile beat Spain 2-0...the end of an era, it had to happen at some point etc. The best team in the world for the last 6 years have come undone. We could see it coming. Only surprise is how long it took other teams to overcome the Tika Tika. Are we (the royal we) sad? A little. They were enjoyable for a while. There are some teams who dominate who you (me) love to see lose. But Spain did something different, and it worked. Their downfall was no Plan B, and the impression that the system only worked with the players who failed this time around. There wasn't a supply of players coming through who could take over. Hard to blame the coach, after all he did for this team. Biggest loser? Diego Costa, the Brazilian who became Spanish to play for Spain, was quite useless and is now probably going to be one of the players who gets dropped for this team. And now he can't go back to Brazil. And finally, Croatia thumped Cameroon 4-0. The African teams aren't doing so well. The 5 teams have 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats so far. Pele once said an African team would win the World Cup before the year 2000. Still waiting, Pele, still waiting. As I bemoan the lack of any fun when watching Brazil and while listening to everybody talk about the excitement of this world cup, let me throw a little Eder at you...1982.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx9KMhX4lzo