Posts Tagged ‘letdown’

Barring Swiss upset, World Cup a letdown so far
Finally, the World Cup has the injection of drama it needed. Switzerland, land of chocolate and cuckoo clocks, upset Spain, the European champion. The 1-0 win was not beautiful. The Swiss spent much of the game frustrating successive waves of Spanish attacks on Wednesday. Gelson Fernandes’ scrappy goal, scored around prostrate Spanish defender Gerard Pique, wouldn’t have looked out of place…