A player wants to dominate his toy, the ball. He needs to dominate it, he needs to possess it in order to give the ball a destiny, a destiny that he, the player, wants, that he decides upon. That was how the ball ran at the feet of the Spanish and the Germans. Holland made the effort to do the same and Uruguay, true to their traditions, fought bravely.

With the World Cup reaching the super sixteen stage, its time for some hardcore action. Mexico fielded its most fluid team to date, if we take into consideration their previous World Cup appearances. It is the secret ingredients of football, which they possess, which permit them to continue moving forward.

We now have the teams who have qualified for the round of the last sixteen: A small group of certainties and a larger group of uncertainties. Although it is certain that these uncertainties exist, very little can be analysed at this time.

Four years after Germany provided us with one of the most enjoyable football events we are now preparing to experience the first World Cup to take place in the African continent.