So, the World Cup is finally here! The opening matches were yesterday, when the World Cup hosts, South Africa, drew 1-1 with Mexico in an encounter dominated early on by the Mexicans, but nearly ended up losing at the death. This was then followed by a dire 0-0 draw between France and Uruguay. I’ve seen a few bad games in my time, but that really was an awful game, possibly on a par with the time I saw Watford draw 0-0 with Peterborough United at Vicarage Road. Believe me, that was an awful match.
Anyway, look out for (hopefully) regular postings throughout the World Cup. During the World Cup, you can follow my World Cup Tweets on my separate Twitter account for football, @BritishFootball. Obviously, you can still follow me with my usual @Noelinho account!
Also, not wanting to disappoint, you can go to the specially created World Cup page, which will keep you up to date with my most recent World Cup facts, stats and commentary, and will quite possibly feature a few other things as the competition continues. Don’t say I’m not good to you!
Finally, here are a few statistics from yesterday:
- In the last three #WorldCup tournaments, France have received 32 cautions and 5 early baths.
- France and Uruguay have, between them, been drawn in Group A or Group 1 six times before. Neither have ever progressed from the group stages from there.
- Yesterday’s 0-0 draw meant that France and Uruguay have drawn two consecutive World Cup games 0-0. The other was in 2002. No two teams have ever drawn 0-0 in consecutive World Cup matches before.
Aren’t you glad I told you that? Thought so.