A disaster for the U.S. side. They came out flat and were down by a goal in less than five minutes. Although they showed occasional flashes of brilliance, (OK, maybe competence) they never were able to take control of the game. They've got to make a big improvement to be able to compete with the Italians on Saturday.
From the Czech point of view, this is the most impressive performance by any team in the Cup so far, and goes a way toward validating their #2 worldwide ranking by FIFA.
Posted by Walter at June 12, 2006 08:33 PM