World Cup Opening Barrage (ammo shortage)
I wish I had it in me at this moment to do a better job summarizing the opening day of the worldcup, which I have been lusting over anticipatorily for several weeks/months. Unfortunately I have to go to bed - wedding departure = 07. This spliced text from an email will have to suffice.

It was a fairly dour game... Neither team is very good. Ecuador got lucky and Poland didn't. Reports that Ecuador enjoyed any sort of superiority are rubbish. Their defense was well-organized, while Poland's was occasionally a shambles. In general, 85 minutes of crap, 30 seconds of Ecuadorian luck, 5 minutes of polish franticism. The whitered eagles played as though they knew they were better and eventually would puncture the onion bag , perhaps via some sort of Kantian imperative. This delayed their acquisition of urgency of purpose until after Ecuador scored their second goal. Bodes well for Costa Rica, not to mention Germany. Though Germany did not do nearly as well as their final score might suggest. Two of their goals came from moments of individual skill, rather than team quality/precision, and individual skill can be quite a fleeting quantity.

This will be a regular topic. The worldcup, and the elusiveness of focused ability.