the expected goal feast i had predicted, unfortunately, turned out to happen not in the germany-poland match.
Highlight of the day: -germany 1 poland 0 (wtf?) was too quick to jump to conclusion that the german defence will not be shored up in time against the polish. but at the same time, klose and podolski let me down. perhaps they didn't feel good scoring against their native country? indeed, this turned out to be a debatable issue. poland held out strongly as a result up till the 91st min, the heartbreaker from neuville, which could possibly send them packing home even without passing the group stages. no goals scored, 3 conceded. what more can i say? Other matches: -spain 4 ukraine 0 after following the 1st half of the game, i already knew that a 2-1 scoreline was a foregone conclusion. the spanish strikers were far more creative in the face of a ukranian defence that looked seemingly solid in the first 10 minutes. but after alonso's goal in the 13th, everything collapsed. a brace by david villa in the 17th and 48th(penalty) and the finisher by torres in the 81st minute sealed the fate for the ukranians. -tunisia 2 saudi arabia 2 amazing fightback by the saudis. didn't believe they'd even stand a chance after tunisia went 1-0 up in the first half, courtesy of a 23rd-min jaziri goal. but goals from yasser and sami gave them a near-scare before jaidi came to the rescue with a 92nd-min equaliser. guess i had underestimated the strength of the saudis, who nearly did a carbon copy of south korea's 2-1 come from behind victory against togo 2 days ago.