Shock of the '06 WC so far......

After 26 matches, Group E of the World Cup has finally produced the biggest upset of the tournament...In a Group consisting of Italy, U.S.A, Czech Republic and Ghana, I was expecting Italy and Czech Republic to cruise into the knockout stages with relative ease...But Ghana just had to produce the upset of the World Cup by beating Czech Republic 2 - 0....Ghana even had the luxury of missing a penalty when they were a goal up....Apparently, if not for Petr Cech, the Czech's goalkeeper, Ghana would have won by a bigger margin...And why is this a major upset, well the Czech's are ranked second in the world while Ghana is ranked 48 places below them....Also, what makes it even more suprising is that they had actually beaten the U.S.A - who is actually ranked joint fifth in the world - by quite a comfortable margin only five days ago...Group E, so far of all the groups that have played 2 games, is the only group that hasn't guaranteed a team for the next round...With Italy and the Czech's to meet each other next, one of them could face an early trip home if the other game between Ghana and the U.S.A ends with victory for either team....

Another upset, although not as big, was Australia's 3 - 1 win over Japan with 3 goals coming in the las 8 minutes if I remember correctly.....With the win, Australia actually killed 2 birds with 1 stone by getting their first ever WC goal and also their first ever WC win...But they will soon face their biggest test yet in the form of Brazil in their next game...Having seen how the Australians reacted to Tim Cahill's first goal against Japan, I can barely imagine how they would react if they can cause the tournament's second major upset by beating Brazil.... *fingers crossed* I hope that happens and the other group game ends in a win cause that will seriously open up the group....

Game of the tournament as of this point: Argentina 6 - 0 Serbia and Montenegro - Argentina showing how to play the passing game. Watch the game if you can to know why this is my vote on game of the tournament

Goal of the tournament as of this point: Esteban Cambiasso. 24 passes in all. Have to see to understand why it's the goal of the tournament