Yeah, 2006 Argentina were actually fantastic. I still think they would have gone on to win the tournament had Riquelme not been subbed against Germany. Unfortunately the team was essentially built around him, and they looked absolutely legless once he was taken off. Hint to the manager: subbing a player you've built your entire style of play around? Not such a good idea. Shame they've been craptacular since then. :/ I really do think Messi is the best player in the world at club level, as well as one of the best I've ever seen for any club, but I've never seen him perform for his country. And while some of the blame for that can be placed on him being put into a team that play like a bunch of strangers (and him not being deployed nearly far forward enough, as far as I can see), some of it's got to rest with him too. The best players perform regardless of who they've got playing with them. Look at Zizou in 2006. He was basically a one man team, and just about led a below par France squad to the title.

Anyway, go Uruguay! It's amazing how much your star players turning up and actually playing well can do to lift your team. Suarez and Forlan look like they've simply picked up where the World Cup left off. Lodeiro looks a quality player too. Can definitely see why Ajax brought him to Europe. Though to be honest, even if I didn't like their players I'd still be rooting for them because they're actually playing good football, which seems a challenge too great for most of the other teams in the tournament so far.