www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

3 more matches to go and then we can go back to sleep properly again. Lets' take a look at the quarter-finals and we will see how each victor performed to get into the semi-finals. The teams that appeared first as in like the home team are all out of the competition. So for the semi-finals, it will be the reverse that is the teams that appear first will be in the final. On the other hand, it could well be a Spain v Denmark final. Anything goes but first let us forget just the results but more importantly to examine and dissect the remaining teams. Every team has their strengths and weaknesses.  It is now anyone's game and any team's tournament to win. Win two more games and you are in the history books of champions forever. Surely with four teams left, all of them came through on more than merit. The semi-lists' quarter-final performances:  Switzerland v Spain - Firstly you have to give credit to the Swiss for making life so difficult for Spain. As expected the Spania...

After watching many first round matches at ungodly hours, almost all of them save for a few, I must say that the 2014 edition in Brazil promises to be one of the best World Cup for the simple reason that teams have abandoned "park the buses" campaign and actually went for the jugular. Well, this is how soccer should be played isn't it? Why would you rather watch a drab 0-0 match? The most most intriguing stuff the 2014 World Cup has brought is the shaving foam that referees sprayed during a free kick - a small semi-circle around the ball and then a straight line across the feet of players forming a wall. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=738377642871496&set=a.339137702795494.73494.266828596693072&type=1&theater I feel that they should add more to that. They should have a yellow coloured foam to spray on the faces of players penalized for a yellow card offence so that soccer fans could see who is in danger of an impending send off. This will also inf...

By the time I complete writing, our good friend Paul the octopus would have become seafood - sashimi or otherwise unless political asylum is granted . That is why we are all only as good as our last deal whether it's your business or working for others. One moment you are a shining star, the next moment when mighty Germany crashed out, you may end up as seafood on the table. I am somewhat disappointed by the quality of this World Cup. France imploded, Italy faded, England fulfilled their destiny, Mexico and Argentina thrilled but faltered. Asia, Korea and Japan plus small teams like New Zealand, Slovenia and especially Uruguay shone like a beacon. Germany are tournament machines, Holland remained undefeated while Spain who truly showed what they are capable of in beating the German started with a loss. When you talk about the semi-finals, you have to give it to unfancied Uruguay. Before the World Cup nobody would have given them a chance. Small population but giant efforts...