- I would argue that the soft goal given up by Algeria's keeper is substantially worse than the one given up by England's keeper. Not that the play was that much easier a play, but Robert Green gave every keeper a warning, and Algeria's keeper still made a lazy play on that ball and cost his team a point.
- Serbia was a darkhorse (and Sports Illustrated's) pick to win Group D, but they lost a player to a red card and gave up a penalty on a terrible handball, giving Ghana, playing without best player Michael Essien, 3 points.
- Germany looked like the best team to play so far. Take that with a grain of salt as the Netherlands, Brazil, and Spain have not played yet, but only Argentina even looked in their ballpark. You could argue that Argentina looked more talented, but their lack of discipline puts them a notch below the Germans.
- The flipside of that is Australia looked terrible. Old and slow is not harsh enough. Apparently they essentially brought back their 2006 team that got to the round of 16, but they all aged like cheap beer. And they were the top qualifying team out of Asia. South Korea must have been asleep. Japan just isn't that good. And North Korea is on track to lose by 30+ to Spain.
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