Mexico vs. Angola
Live blogging the game
7:00
They’re chanting “culeros!” Oh, how I love Mexicans.
9:00
What’s going on here? Don’t play dirty… just play!
10:00
Rafa Márquez = swoon, but I’m not watching because the players are good looking.
Aw, Pardo had a chance… oh well.
11:00
I would do a play by play if I knew what to say. Guy in red passed it… to another guy in red.
12:00
Wouldn’t it have been cool if Angola beat Portugal? The colonized beats the former colonizer. The Fanon fan in me thinks soccer is better than violence for decolonizing.
Damn, 12 minutes in and this guy already has a yellow card?
13:00
That was close (free kick). The playback made it look just a few centimeters out.
15:00
Another foul? I think this is number 6. And now the third free kick. Let’s see if Pavel can make it. Damn.
19:00
I get a sense there’s going to be a lot of stoppage time.
The fans are signing “Cielito Lindo.” Lovely.
20:00
I wonder how much of all these injuries are (bad) acting and how many of them are real.
21:00
Tiro de esquina for Angola. These always ake me nervous.
22:00
The shots never look like they’re going to go that high until after the fact.
25:00
Free kick for Angola. Come on Oswaldo! Looks like he didn’t have to do much. It was way wide on the right.
26:00
Zinha shot… too far. I just noticed they’re wearing white today.
27:00
The Univision announcers say it helps to distinguish between the teams.
30:00
Damn. The two teams are even on fouls right now.
31:00
Was that a foul? Another free kick that doesn’t get close enough to really scaring anyone.
34:00
Nice block from Oswaldo.
35:00
I don’t think I can stand this being one of those games where the goal comes at the end.
37:00
Yikes. Tiro de esquina for Angola.
38:00
Do you hear trumpets? Do they have a mariachi there?
40:00
“Mexico está desconcentrado” according to the announcers.
It looks like it too… maybe they’ll have their concentration back after half time.
43:00
That foul on Rafa Márquez didn’t look good. And now the guy got a yellow card.
44:00
That was a tease (shot on goal).
45:00
Olé oleé olé chants… at least the fans are in it.
47:00
Half time.
Second half!
0:00
I really hope they’re coming out with some better plays. I need something to make not working on school stuff worth it.
2:00
You know what I miss? Jorge Campos’ dayglo uniform. Sánchez’s blue is okay, but the fluroescent colors add something else.
3:00
Mexico’s first tiro de esquina.
6:00
Aaaah! Okay, at least there is shooting now. With all these close calls there’s gotta be a goal.
Arellano comes in for Zinha.
7:00
I ate tamales today to be as Mexican as possible.
9:00
Straight shot to Sanchez. Damn.
10:00
Aaaah! I’m still mad about that lost opportunity. Mexico fans are going crazy.
11:00
Free kick.
12:00
Latest chant coming through? “¡Sí se puede!”
15:00
So, I’m following the stats online and it is noted that the Mexico is ranked 4 in the world by FIFA/Coca Cola and Angola is ranked 57. That doesn’t look good for Mexico struggling so much.
17:00
Issues passing?
20:00
I gotta admit, that one-handed catch by the Angolan goalkeeper was pretty good. Damn.
Bravo! You were supposed to get goal number three right there!
21:00
I hope I’m not annoying the neighbors with all the yelling over here.
22:00
Lavolpe seems to have that infamous Argentine ego.
24:00
Those free kicks… so many with no results.
28:0
Kikín is in!
30:00
Mendez can’t get in when it’s three against one.
31:00
I just realized we haven’t seen any action from Sanchez in a while. But that should be a good thing.
32:00
Those players look pissed.
“¡Sí se puede!” again.
33:00
Mano! Andre gets a red card. This should work to our advantage in these last ten minutes or so.
35:00
Cielito Lindo again 
That calms me down… just a little.
37:00
I didn’t scream and cry in the last shot by Kikín.
43:00
I missed that last two close calls by Marquez and Bravo because I needed a bathroom break.
44:00
Lavolpe looks like he’s about to pulls his hair out. I think I am too.
45:00
What can happen in three minutes?
47:00
A tie. Damn.
Mal partido para México. True story.
Only on Univision.
I don’t know what was going on with the Mexican players. I think they thought this game was going to be a sure thing. They certainly were not focused – except for Osvaldo and he is the one who has an excuse not to be focused.
Ahora le tenemos que ganar a Portugal. Who knows which Portuguese team will show up to that game.
BTW – Lavolpe looks a lot like my father – same scowl and chain smoking.
Cez,
They were brutally honest.
Xoloitzquintle,
I was thinking of doing all the mathematical possiblities in my head. What happens if Iran wins tomorrow? Or there’s a tie? Or what about third round of matches in group D. But that’s too much thinking and then my head will hurt and I have other things I need to do.
But yeah… do you think the outcome would have been different if Borghetti was present?
Cindylu, this is great! I missed the game today because when they started playing I had to come into work, so this rocks!! Gracias chica!!!
¡Olé, olé, olé!
Wow. I feel like i didnt miss a thing.
Thanks for the recap! Although I wasn’t too thrilled with the outcome.
Win, Lose. It’s all about Mexican fans getting crazy and inspired.
They certainly needed a finisher and Borghetti can certainly do that (although he has not been very good recently). For most of the game his presence would not have mattered. El tri was passing poorly, bad ball control, and just not playing as a team. Maybe towards the end he might have made a difference, but the futbol gods where not with Mexico. Too many near misses and a post!
It will be better for el Tri if Portugal wins tomorrow. Then they will be in and play more relaxed against Mexico (with a tie, it would be Portugal first, Mexico second). A tie would be ok. An Iran win would be the worst because that puts Portugal in the pressure cooker and Iran will play hard against Angola. A ver que pasa.
Let’s see what the gringos can do against Italy. It would be awesome if the US wins because it would give the Italians a nice piece of humble pie. I was in Italy in 2002 and they were saying so many racist things about Mexico before they played. The tie was a nice moment.
me decepcionan. not a good game, i think mexico is gonna be in serious trouble against portugal.
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[...] Meanwhile, on the other side of the earth, Cindylu was blogging the game live. Unfortunately, it turned out to be one of the more boring games of the Cup. No goals. No winner. A disappointment that we didn’t get to shout GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL, but still a good time. [...]