The first week of the World Cup is arguably the best: three matches a day, none at the same time. It is Soccer Christmas for futbol fans, and it’s hard to get much work done at the office.
Each team takes the pitch with fresh legs, ready to show whether its prospects have been over- or underrated. And if this weekend’s biggest matches had one lesson, it was that even great teams don’t win every game. The Davids showed themselves stronger than expected, and the Goliaths were sometimes weighed down by sky-high expectations.
Case in point: World Cup rookie Iceland tied Argentina on Saturday, in what must have felt like a stunning loss for fans of Lionel Messi and La Albiceleste. Sergio Aguero of Argentina scored first, but Iceland soon equalized it.
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