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I keep half an eye on ligue un and have to admit it didn't seem James Rodriguez was the phenom he's been during this world cup. An extremely talented player with loads of potential yes but on the world class level he's been? not quite - or at least it hadn't come across that way from the highlights/recaps/analysis I've seen. (I subscribe to canal+ and ligue 1 on youtube and read l'equipe from time to time so I get pretty good coverage)

 

Point I'm making is that whilst he didn't come from absoutely nowhere, it's not completely surprising there is a sense of the british journalists 'discovering' this guy.

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I was gutted for Mexico last night, they played really well and were so close to making it past the round of 16 for the first time. They have great fans too.

 

Pleased for Costa Rica even though they didn't look like the side which beat Uruguay and Italy, perhaps that group was actually just really shit?

 

 

But guys, that Korean girl...

 

Yes, indeed.

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The lyrics are pretty impressive too:

 

We swear by the lightning that destroys, 
By the streams of generous blood being shed, 
By the bright flags that wave, 
Flying proudly on the high djebels, 
That we are in revolt, whether to live or to die, 
We are determined that Algeria should live, 
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness!

We are soldiers in revolt for truth 
And we have fought for our independence. 
When we spoke, nobody listened to us, 
So we have taken the noise of gunpowder as our rhythm 
And the sound of machine guns as our melody, 
We are determined that Algeria should live, 
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness!

From our heroes we shall make an army come to being, 
From our dead we shall build up a glory, 
Our spirits shall ascend to immortality 
And on our shoulders we shall raise the Standard. 
To the nation's Liberation Front we have sworn an oath, 
We are determined that Algeria should live, 
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness!

The cry of the Fatherland sounds from the battlefields. 
Listen to it and answer the call! 
Let it be written with the blood of martyrs 
And be read to future generations. 
Oh, Glory, we have held out our hand to you, 
We are determined that Algeria should live, 
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness!

 

 

If Algeria beat Germany and get France in the next round I fully expect large-scale nationwide riots in France. It'll be nuts.

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This is close to being a masterclass in counter-attacking football. This Algeria team isn't the plucky minnows they've been made out to be. Defensively suspect but on the counter they're as good as there is in this world cup: running with speed in numbers, playing it out wide early and whipping it in at the right time. Great to watch.

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Vive La France!

 

Our relentless gallic march to the final continues. Now we're nicely set up to avenge the defeat of our upstart colony by beating Germany on Friday.  Allez les bleus!

 

Deschamps has now gone 10 games undefeated at the world cup as a player and a manager

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