when everyone kept seeing upset scorelines in the early rounds of the cup, they called it "match-fixing," after the surprise results they said "the big teams can't impose themselves, this is a terrible cup," and now that only the favorites are left in the final 4, they're saying it's a terrible cup. we would've loved a final like colombia-morocco or norway-mexico too, but even if that had happened, you'd still be calling it an awful cup because the big teams got knocked out one by one.
the favorites are the ones left in the semifinals, but they didn't get here with any ease. england went down against congo and clawed the match back in the final 5 minutes. in that match, if congo hadn't lost …