South Korea Raise Eyebrows with Impressive Win, Argentina Wasteful in Front of Goal and Curse of English Goalkeepers Continue

Game 3: South Korea 2-0 Greece

Honestly, I'm surprised to see this result. Predicted a draw but South Korea showed Greece what younger legs can bring to the team. Dreadful defending led to South Korea's first goal from a set-piece while a bad error gifted the Koreans a second and in truth it could have been a bigger margin. But from what I saw, the Greeks look weary and I don't see them being a threat in the tournament at all. How I predicted them to progress to the second round is beyond me. Don't see them beating the Nigerians next up especially when they have not scored a goal in the World Cup. Man of the Match: Park Chu-Young

Game 4: Argentina 1-0 Nigeria

All eyes were on Argentina and Lionel Messi to see how they would perform in this tournament and in my opinion they were solid enough and deserved their win. Their attacks were very fluent and the Special One really performed in national colours this time. Had it not been for Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama's saves, Messi could have had a hat-trick and Argentina might have won by 4 or 5 goals in truth. Nigeria had decent half chances of their own but they were quite simply outplayed by Argentina who never really got out of second gear. That being said, Argentina would have to be at their best against the Koreans next if they are to confirm their place in the second round. Man of the Match: Vincent Enyeama

Game 5: England 1-1 USA

By far the most entertaining match of the tournament so far. A lot of chances for both teams to score but in the end, this was probably a fair result but I guess USA would be the happier of both teams. I doubted England's starting lineup with Emile Heskey starting but to me, he played well but really should have scored the opportunity he had in the second half. Steven Gerrard got England off to a great start but the Americans controlled the game after that. And as the title of this post suggests, English goalkeepers and silly errors just go hand-in-hand. Robert Green is now the scapegoat in the English press for making a simple save into a very embarrassing error. Very poor goalkeeping from Clint Dempsey's shot. On the other hand, Tim Howard's handling very good throughout the match and did his job perfectly when he needed to. England really need to improve offensively AND defensively for their next game against Algeria while the Americans must keep up their solid defence against Slovenia next because they have enough talent upfront to score goals. Man of the Match: Tim Howard