A bit of a secondhand match report this time. I chose to have champagne cocktails in Mayfair with my old friend Roddy, leaving the Woodcote Woodies Village League semi-finalists to adjudicate the beer matches.
The matches were not as high quality as yesterday. The favourite beer was Chile (sub: Cusquena from Mexico. Why is it so hard to source South American beers?) - many trying to talk it up to the as yet unachieved 5. However, it still managed to beat Honduras (sub Cristal from Cuba) 4-3.
The next two beer matches did not follow the football matches. Spain (Alhambra) beat Switzerland (Swiss Mountain) 3-1. This was a weak showing for Spain - we fully expected it to be one of the favourites.
For those of you interested in beer competition history, Spain won the 2006 Boxbeck Beer World Cup with Estrella Damm.
The Swiss beer was difficult to source. We secured it from the St Moritz restaurant in London. A very nice lady sold it to us at a very reasonable price. Shame it's such a soapy, sour brew.
Finally, South Africa (Castle) had a storming 3-0 victory over Uruguay (sub Patagonia from Argentina). The well out of date Patagonia was as awful as last time and went down the sink again. I think it's fair to say that Uruguay won't leave the group stage (to everyone's relief). Next time we will find a decent beer for them!
And you will be pleased to know that the Woodcote Woodies won their match, and will be in the finals next week.
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