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Thanks Paul, for another fascinating analysis. I wish I could see what you see when watching a match.

The World Cup does need a South American giant to advance, but I wish it could have been Brazil instead. Argentina are whiners, floppers and they play dirty to gain an advantage. I believe it worked this time.

The semi-final against Croatia will be epic. Croatia will come out aggressive, physical and with full conviction. They won’t tolerate Argentina’s dirty gamesmanship and there could be some serious fireworks. Without otherwise caring, I hope Croatia buries them.

Also, I just heard of Grant Wahl’s passing. Probably soccer’s strongest non-player advocate for the game in the U.S., his presence will be missed. His “fútball” soccerpodcast is one of the best. It makes me sad to know there won’t be any more of them.

Olan James

Bad Voeslau, Austria

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