Red and Yellow Cards of the Week

Inch by inch, day by day, second by second we move closer to the World Cup. With less than 100 days to go before the world’s greatest event kicks off, our bloggers are picking up momentum and laying down some nasty good posts. We would be remiss to let these go unrecognized and unpunished. Here are this week’s red and yellow cards.

Yellow card to Argentina fans. Your team might have given up a late game winning goal against Croatia and the defense might be in tatters, but there is no reason to panic quite yet. There is no shortage of talent from which coach Jose Pekerman will choose for the Albiceleste.

Yellow card to Croatia fans. A friendly win against Argentina does not automatically hand you the World Cup trophy. Your team is good, but let’s wait and see what happens once the real games start.

Red card to ESPN for its television coverage of soccer in the United States. If we wanted to get a weather report we would have watched the Weather Channel.

Yellow card to Ghanaian pessimism. Save the lack of heart cracks for when your team bows out in group play.

Red card to those in Iran who denied women the chance to see Team Melli play against Costa Rica. Football is a game that should be enjoyed by everyone.

Yellow card to those who are rushing out to put their hard earned money on Italy to win the World Cup. The final wasn’t played when you beat a weak German team in Florence last week. The Azzurri looked impressive, but even our men’s league team would have put in a few against that German side.

Yellow card to Portugal’s Group D opponents. You might be licking your chops now that Jorge Andrade is out of the World Cup, but this Portugal team is deep and will find a suitable replacement on the backline.

Yellow card to Mexico fans. If your team’s midfield is in such sad shape that you need to bring back an aging Cabrito then this might not be a pleasant World Cup experience for you.

Yellow card to our Angola blogger Pasha. Now that Angola’s schedule of friendlies are out we are afraid Pasha might suffer from permanent hyperventilation. Could there possibly be a bigger Palancas Negras fan in the entire universe?