With the 1st round of matches gone by..

Blitzkrieg

Who has impressed you so far? Best Match? Who should be worried?

I think the most impressive performance I've seen was from Spain. You usually can't rely on the Spaniards but they are deep and really took it to Ukraine..

The Best match I've seen was probably Poland and Germany. The crowd, no surprise was very intense! Not that the other crowds have been dead by any stretch, but this felt like it was the final or something and wow.. did you see how many close calls there were before Germany finally put one home?

I think those dirty Frenchmen should be worried. Zero goals in their last 4 World Cup games from a team that's supposed to be a powerhouse? Awesome!

Crockerinho

Spain and the Czech have impressed me the most both should not be underestimated, the best game was the Argentina/Ivory Coast what a superb end to end game

Tyler Durden

Strange tourno so far in that usually it is far less predictable than this.

Of the 10 best teams going in - Germany, Argentina, Holland, Italy, Czech Republic, France, England, Portugal, Brazil & Spain, nine of them won and one of them drew. In recent World Cup's that's not been the case.

What that does mean, is that we are going to be in for them stellar quarter final matches this time (unlike last time!!)

The Phantom

So far I've really enjoyed the tournament and a few teams have impressed me. None more so than the Ivory Coast. I knew this team could play a bit, but I was shocked to see how good they actually were. It's a shame they were drawn in the same group as the Dutch and Argentines, as I could have seen them making the Quarter Finals.

Spain have also impressed me. The proverbial underachievers of tournaments gone by look like their finally trying to shake off the tag. David Villa and Fernando Torres look like a good striking duo.

My favourite game of the tournament so far was Japan vs. Australia. I really enjoyed this match. I never could have imagined the Auzzies scoring 3 goals in the last 5mins to crush the Japanese. Hell of a finish to a game.

Tyler Durden

As long as you don't watch the England games you'll be okay!

Crockerinho

Or France and Brazil