So today has seen the start of the Men's Football competition got underway with the first group matches. Unlike yesterday there was no drama with the flags, trust me I was so waiting to see if they got the South Korean flags wrong just because that would have been hilarious. Today the people responsible for yesterdays flag mistake have made numerous appologies in international media and has assured that this will not happen again.
So onto the matches, in Group A there were some suprising events. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) looked for a long time like they might actually pull off a draw against Urugay, but in the end Urugay ended up winning 2-1. Great Britain started off wonderfully against Senegal leading 1-0 for most of the match. That was until Senegal put in a goal in the last 10 minutes of the game and cleverly played to ensure the draw with the game ending 1-1 which means that the GB team didn't get off to the start I personally think they needed in order to win this year. The press in GB is relentless when it comes to Mens Football and they will be slaughtered tomorrow.
In Group B suprisingly the group is still completely open after both games ended in draws. The match between South Korea and Mexico ended 0-0 even though both teams had several possibilities to score throughout the match. In the match between Gabon and Switzerland the swiss team got off to a flying start getting a penalty goal after only 5 minutes. The African Champions bounced back in the end of the first half and the match ended 1-1. In my eyes this group is anyones for the taking at the moment, but the next match will be crucial for all the teams. There isn't room for loosing a game at this point for any team.
Group C started off with a game between Belarus and New Zealand whete the Belarus team had full control of the match winning 1-0. The match between Brazil and Egypt was a very confusing one with Brazil absolutely dominating the first half leading 3-0 at half-time, but after the break the gas ran out for Brazil and the Egyptian team took over scoring 2 goals with the game ending 3-2. In my opinion the second half of this game showed that Brazil was very lucky to get away with a win as it could have gone really bad really fast and it also proved that even though they lost the match Egypt is a team to watch out for in this tournament.
Group D held the biggest shock yet in this tournament with Japans unexpected victory over the mmuch discussed favourites Spain, with the match ending 1-0 despite Spain clearly being the team in control for the most part of the game. I told you that the Olympics always gives suprising results. Luckily for Spain the match between Honduras and Morocco ended in a draw 1-1.
All the teams still have alot to play for in this tournament and I'm sure that we haven't seen the last of suprises of the tournament yet. So tomorrow will be the day many people have waited four years to see, the opening cermony of the 2012 London Olympic Games. I have said several times now that I'm expecting it to be a bit of a let-down and I haven't changed my mind yet, but time will tell I guess, they have a lot to live up to from the opening ceremony from Beijing. Also on tomorrow is the ranking rounds for the Archers which decides who they face in the knock-out part of the competition.
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