Thursday, July 26, 2012

The Olympics Soccer so far.

Well, I'd like to start with the women's soccer that took place on the 25th of July! Team Great Britain opened things with a 1-0 victory over New Zealand while just an hour later the Japanese women's team edged Canada in a 2-1 battle. At the same time, the United States defeated France in a 4-2 thriller! As for the afternoon games the Brazilian women's team obliterated Cameroon  5-0 with Sweden treating the South Africans much the same way in a 4-1 victory. The last match of the day was between Colombia and North Korea. Despite getting a late start after some stadium ineptitude, the North Korean women played a great game winning 0-2. Look for the continuation of the women's action on the 28th of July! On to the men's games now where Honduras and Morocco opened the day with an exciting 2-2 draw as Mexico and South Korea played out a goalless draw. Next up was the upset of the tournament thus far: Spain getting edged 0-1 by a wonderful Japan side. As for the noon-time games, the United Arab Emirates were barely beaten by Uruguay's Olympic side in a 1-2 spectacle. Gabon and Switzerland then tied with one another: 1-1. And then came the afternoon games with Belarus seeing New Zealand off with a 1-0 scoreline before Brazil took on Egypt. In a cataclysmic battle, Brazil out-scored the Egyptians in a 3-2 fiesta. Last but not least, Team Great Britain weren't able to hold onto their lead against Senegal who drew level at the death to make it 1-1 when the final whistle blew. And now for a look into the future with more women's action coming on the 28th. Japan and Sweden face-off to get things started early in the morning while New Zealand and Brazil kick-off next. Canada and South Africa will play at about the same time while at noon the United States meet Colombia. The other Group G match up will be between France and North Korea but that takes place after Great Britain's game with Cameroon's women's team. And ending this forward look how about the men's games that will be taking place on the 29th? Egypt and New Zealand open the day while Mexico and Gabon play a little later. A couple of hours before noon Brazil will meet the team from Belarus in what many predict will be a one-sided affair. Japan and Morocco take the pitch at 12:00 while Senegal and Uruguay meet at the same time in what is sure to be a fascinating fixture. South Korea and Switzerland then play a quarter after while later in the afternoon Great Britain face the United Arab Emirates and Spain meet Honduras. Keep enjoying!

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