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Lots of excitement. At least in the US amongst those that care about football. For the most part no though. Neither team is expected to do much in the tournament. I'm not sure why, but then given that Greece is #12 and USA is #13 in the world might give one a glimpse at the quality of team perhaps. The news from the South is that USA is being gifted a free pass out of the group stage with Portugal's huge loss which might be true, but they still have to draw against Portugal and take care of business and not lose huge to Germany. Pepe is out for the match against USA now and potential injury has two previous USA dragonslayers out for the Ghana match. Anything other than a W and a 2-goal win is a huge disappointment for them now from most talking about the game.
We'll see. I think the 'injured' Ghana players are older and slower and that is underestimating the depth of Ghana. I think the USA has an easier time of it in the rankings column given the quality of competition they usually play:
Last few matches
2-2 Mexico
2-0 Azerbaijan
2-1 Turkey
2-1 Nigeria
0-2 Ukraine
2-0 Korea
Not much powerhouse schedule outside of Mexico (draw) and Ukraine (loss). Klinnsman as coach is interesting and should provide some good vibes on the big stage.
This should be interesting.
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