Tournament of Upsets So Far
The group stages have not even ended in the FIFA World Cup 2010, and already we have seen two big teams going down to relative minnows. After Spain’s defeat to Switzerland, it was the1998 World cup champion’s France’s turn to face the music. France who had drawn their first match against Uruguay came back with a vengeance against a very impressive Mexico side, but could not make it last for long. Soon the Mexicans settled down and laid siege at Lloris’s goal, they finally breached the French defense when Manchester United bound striker Javier Hernandez dribbled past the goalie and scored with a calm finish in the 64th min.
Raymond Domenech did not help France’s predicament by making some controversial decisions, replacing Anelka with inexperienced Gignac and not bringing on the French talisman Thierry Henry. The situation worsened when Abidal in the box brought down Mexican substitute Barrera. Veteran striker and cult hero Cuauhtemoc Blanco then sealed the victory for the Mexican with a 79th-minute penalty.
France who has odds of 25/1 to win the World Cup is on its way out of the tournament after their defeat to Mexico, who has odds of 33/1. Mexico has either to win or draw in its next match to progress to the round of 16.
In other matches of the day, Argentina took on South Korea and demolished them 4–1. Higuain scored a hat-trick and became the leading scorer of this year’s tournament. Greece went up against Nigeria and beat them 2–1, after Nigeria had a man sent off. Argentina really looks strong while attacking and have odds of 9/2 to win the tournament.
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