Longest post so far?

I watched a few more World Cup games last night. I am recording every game to MY SKY during the World Cup and then watching them as I get to them. Because the games are being aired in High Definition, three games each night would take up over one quarter of the MY SKY hard disk's space. So in addition to what I already have recording each week, I am having to set myself a rather punishing sleep schedule (some nights will entail no sleep at all) if I want there to be enough space for the next day's programmes and still have time for classes at polytech and all the other stuff that I do during the daytime (oh, and the soccer games are watched first because they take up the most space).

Uruguay and France both failed to score, even after Lodeiro (playing for Uruguay) got red-carded in the 81st minute. There were also quite a few yellow cards dished out throughout the course of the game.

The score for the game between Korea Republic (South Korea) and Greece was 2-0 to Korea Republic at full time. The teams were better disciplined and the ref didn't need to show any cards until Torosidis (playing for Greece) was booked in the 56th minute, possibly for stamping on a Korean player he caused to fall.

Argentina (who was coached by Diego Handball Maradona - and yes, his handball incident back in '86 was referred to by the commentators) and Nigeria were next and the score was 1-0 to Argentina at full time. Yellow cards have also been shown here.

And tonight, I watched a game between two previous hosts: England (hosted in 1966) versus USA (hosted in 1994). The game ended in a tie, each team scored just one goal. Several England players were booked throughout the whole match and the USA made a substitute five seconds before the ref blew the whistle.

And if you're wondering about the buzzing noise in the background during the games, those are long horns called vuvuzelas that the spectators blow at football matches in South Africa. Those things are even louder if you're actually in the stadium, and they get louder and louder as the game progresses, so if you're going to a soccer match over there, you might want to pack some earplugs unless you plan on becoming deaf. Or maybe bring your own vuvuzela if you want to join in the somewhat irritating noise.