but we made it back to the house in Natal in one piece. They looked sluggish today and I'm willing to blame it almost entirely on the Manaus effect. I don't think we had one single shot on target the entire game. Portugal becomes the only team not to lose after playing in Manaus, and thank goodness they did because things were very tense when we hear Ghana had tied the game 1-1. With us behind already, all it would have taken was one Ghana goal to end the tournament for us.
But when word got around that Portugal had scored again, the cheers rose up. Next stop, Salvador! It was a pretty fun scene after the match in the concourse above the section, with lots and lots of happy folks jumping around and singing and celebrating that we moved on.
Belgium will prove to be a tough challenge, but I'm hopeful we will be better rested and recovered from the Manaus excursion and capable of playing our best game yet. We will need to. I'm still convinced that we are the best team in CONCACAF: better than Los Ticos, and better than Mexico. But in this tournament we haven't played like it, at all. The next game is going to be a great chance to show that we truly are.
Romario is in so many commercials down here, it's crazy.
Thats funny i never even saw that during the game.
