The Kaka goal was super sweet.

I didn't see the game at all, but I have a qusetion. This is the biggest sporting event in the world, and they're phoning it in on both sides??

In this game it seemed like both sides started thinking that Brazil couldn't lose, and kind of played with that attitude...

Not a good game. Brazil really failed to impress and frankly I think Croatia was the better team in the second half and would have deserved a tie.

Kovac was man of the match for me, excellent defending. In Brazil I liked Emerson, and Ronaldinho had some good intentions but lack of movement from the strikers made it hard for him to create anything.

This is why I didn't pick any Brazilians for my strikers. Ronaldo was just a joke. He made one run the entire game and spent the rest walking around looking fat and uninterested. Adriano had the first touch of a conference league player and created absolutely nothing but fouls. Kaka was ok and scored a nice goal, I wouldn't call it "super sweet" though, I have already seen a lot of nicer goals in this tournament. Lahm, Rosicky, Frings, Koller etc, all nicer than Kakas.

Obviously Brazil will just stroll through the group, Croatia was the only team with any hope of defeating them, but if they don't pick up their game they won't get far. I'm guessing we won't see Ronaldo starting next game, he was truly disgraceful.

I think Croatia did a decent job. Sure they didn't push much the last 10 minutes but they were absolutely finished by then after running so much in the heat. But their defense looked real solid and frankly they created more chances than Brazil, and with some better precision in their finishes they could have leveled the score.

mike, bear in mind that Brazil's game depends on fluency and rhythm, so it often takes them a few tournament games before they are fully functioning. Also, they were effectively playing with only 10 men, and it remains to be seen if they have the courage to drop that huge lard-arse Ronaldo if his fitness doesn't improve.

I agree that Argentina looked very strong.