Oswaldo Sánchez - not good; Carlos Tevez - pathetic

In a sad display of goalkeeping, Oswaldo Sánchez, goalkeeper for Mexico, was afraid to challenge for a ball, and allowed a field player to beat him to a ball on or within his own six yard line. See the pic here for the very unflattering scene.

Sánchez should never have been tending goal for Mexico. He was a legacy. Their other keeper proved himself to be a much better keeper. Sánchez effectively gave away the game there, but not before getting caught off his line and conceding the second goal of the game. Mexico never stood a chance with Sánchez in goal.

But, to add to the shame of Tevez and Argentina and soccer as a sport, Tevez dove in the area to help produce the third goal for Argentina:

Five minutes later, Tevez went down in the area and, although replays showed he fell before any contact was made, a penalty was awarded. Riquelme nonchalantly chipped the ball in for his fifth goal of the tournament.

Sánchez is just a player - he was brave enough to go out on the field and perform as best he could. It was the coach of Mexico, Hugo Sanchez, who was responsible for keeping his better goalie on the bench. Hugo Sanchez should soon be out of a job.

And Carlos Tevez and Christiano Ronaldo can now vie for best diving ability on Man United's front line.