Another day of desperation on the soccer pitch….

Monday’s late night intramural scrum of Arab sides saw Algeria best Jordan, 2-1.  The Jordanians took a surprise 1-nil lead at halftime against the higher rated Algerian squad.  The Algerians, featuring many players who ply their trade in quality European leagues, struck twice in the second half to secure the victory.  In doing so, they handed their cousins a second defeat and consequently  eliminated the Jordanians from progressing onto the knockout rounds. After their opening loss to Argentina, Algerian commentators blamed Israel for the result, given that those Jews control so much of the world. Accordingly, one might reasonably expect those same commentators to credit their victory to the aforementioned Israelis for the same reason. No Algerians were quoted crediting Israel for the win, though. Go figure.

Tuesday’s slate of games led off with Portugal going up against Uzbekistan. The good news from this match is that Cristiano Ronaldo kept his jersey on for the entire match. The bad news is that he had ample excuses to rip off his red jersey and display his impressive 41-year-old abs.  The Portuguese scored early, middle, and late on the hapless Uzbeks.  The final score was 5-0, and Portuguese overcame their embarrassing opener against the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  The Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC) foresees a long, unsatisfying flight home to Tashkent in the Uzbek’s near future.  Conversely, the Portuguese looked like a squad with the talent to make a........

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