Ian Darke
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I mean, that second goal, Xiao Felix scores for Portugal.
for that ball to drop and there's still nobody near him as he rifles it into the corner of the net.
All that's gotta change and they've gotta have the stomach and fight and the heart that those teams that Jermaine and others were playing in.
But I think the key is not to lose that first game.
Remember, we've got a 48-team World Cup, 12 groups.
Eight of the third-place teams are going to go through.
So that makes the draw a little bit more valuable than it would have been because there's...
That's the first thing against Paraguay.
I mean, the home advantage is going to be a big, big factor.
You could say it ramps up the pressure on the players, but I think they'll get a tremendous buzz from the atmosphere there's going to be by the time that World Cup comes around and the feeling around the country for the team.
So I think they'll get something from that.