Great first day of Quarterfinals

For the first time in history, Brazil led in the first-half and lost the game to Holland. Felipe Melo gave up an own-goal early in the second-half and would later on get a red card exactly 20 minutes later in the 73rd minute. However, just prior to the red card Sneijder had a fabulous header that would prove to be the goal that sends Holland to the finals.

In the Ghana vs Uruguay game, Ghana would take a first-half lead but Diego Forlan wouldn't care - 8 minutes into the second-half he would score an amazing free-kick. However, in the final minutes of extra time Suarez would purposely use his hands to block a guaranteed goal for Ghana. Fortunately/ unfortunately for Suarez, he will miss the next game but that hand ball would prove decisive as the penalty would be missed and Uruguay would advance on pk's, 4-2. Perhaps this year the hand of magic will be Suarez's hand. Smart guy if I may say so myself (although disgraceful at the same time).

Jersey of the post: Nike Sneijder Holland Away Jersey 10/11

6' 7" Crouch Helps England Get The Win

Peter Crouch did more than just come on as a substitute for England; he helped get them a 3-1 win over Egypt by scoring both his goals in the second half. The Tottenham star and Macclesfield native helped to add to his currently weak total scoring count this season of 13. At the age of 29, don't expect to see him much longer in the football world. He has, if he's lucky, another 5 years left in him. Photo credit: nicksarebi

While England was able to hold off Egypt, Holland got an easy 2-0 lead on the US and was able to hold them off for a 2-1 victory.

Other international scores from today:

Spain 2-0 France

Portugal 2-0 China

Scotland 1-0 Czech Republic

Sweden 1-0 Wales

Slovenia 4-1 Qatar

Italy 0-0 Cameroon

Cleat of the post: Puma v1.08 i FG

Important Updates in England

Just moments ago, the Liverpool - Man City match just finished. It ended in a 1-1 draw which means that Man U is now 9 points ahead of Liverpool with both teams having played 26 games. Man City opened up the scoring in the second half on behalf of Liverpool defender Arbeloa on an own-goal in the 49th minute. Liverpool was able to tie up the game in the 78th minute with a goal from Holland International forward, Dirk Kuyt. This certainly is not how Liverpool wanted to end the game because now they must work even harder to catch up to Man U to even think about winning the league. There's no doubt in my mind that for the remainder of the season, the importance of every game will continue to rise and hopefully the quality of play will increase. I am looking forward to watching some very great soccer games in the weeks to come.

Other scores:
Fulham 2 - 0 WBA
Newcastle 0 - 0 Everton (currently at half time)