And here they are, the two best teams in Group H.
…that can’t be right, can it? Definitely is the case after the first round of games in which Chile thumped Honduras pillar to post but only put one between and Switzerland pulled the upset of the tourney thus far by moving the Swiss Alps to South Africa whilst Germany were busy playing their Narcissus footy – so stunningly stunning they couldn’t bother to take themselves away to throw one in the back of the net.
But they won and they deserve to be billed as the group’s best thus far: the high-flying Marcelo Bielsa-les Chilean assault versus the staunchly stingy Swiss. Will Ottmar Hitzfeld need to throw out the bus two times again? You’d imagine not, but two times again, like Germany, if Chile get clicking, they may not be posed with the choice.
Well who dare dreamed of this? If Switzerland can win, first in the groups is theirs to lose against a plucky but overmatched Honduran side, rollicking giddily in the happy-to-be-here bin. An honor the Hitzfeld & Co. would wholly and undeniably deserve.
Chile, on the other hand, may need a win, or at least the point, because even with their dynamically liquid footy looking all sorts of excellent against Honduras, going in even on points with Germany for an all-attack shootout won’t exactly favor the South Americans.
Switzerland is one of lots of in the sit back with numbers clan, but they’re leading the group and may be perfectly comfortable stifling Chile as they did with Germany in Durban. Issue is Chile work north-to-south as well as east-to-west, so may well score. But something says the Swiss will . 1-1.
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Chile vs. Switzerland
Match: 31
Date: 21-06-2010
time: 16.00
Vanue: Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth
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