Surprises at the World Cup 2010.

The FIFA form books have been shredded in the past few days at the ongoing World Cup in South Africa.Unsung teams have made nonsense of the ranking system and have made mincemeat out of the so called 'big' teams.
Otto Hitzfield led Switzerland shocked FIFA #2 Spain 1-0 ,while Japan's Blue Samurai tamed the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun by the same margin and Brazil struggled to assert its suoeriority over North Korea for 60 minutes before slipping by 2-1.Unconvincing France also took a 2-0 humbling from Mexico,England played a listless drawn game with Algeria,while Serbia accounted for 3 time World Champions Germany 1-0.
Some have attributed this trend to the demanding European league and the many UEFA sponsored tournaments.However some have also said perhaps those ranked teams and players so hyped by the media are not so good as they are made out to be.How the media loves to gush about these teams and their players!
So far media favorites as Argentina's Messi have not found the net,England's Rooney has found the going frustratingly goalless,as Portugal's Ronaldo has been surprisingly anonymous.
Perhaps the so called unknowns at the world stage should take my grandmother's advice in Ga kaa kwe moko dzoo ni oke dzo or simply put, play your game .And indeed if they do follow her advice the fingers that clutch the golden diadem on July 11 may well be from a so called 'small team' or nation.