40 min: Tame effort from distance by Dempsey. Well held by Mbolhi. "I'm in Texas, and if FIFA want us to care about the World Cup, they should at least supply us with competent refs," moans Thomas Langino. Savour the character-building lesson, Thomas. Injustice is part of life, might as well get used to it. So says Sepp.
38 min: Neither of these teams want to die like Buridan's ass so there's both now hellbent on victory, meaning the game is beocming ever more open and entertaining. Matmour has just rasped one at Howard from distance. The keeper tipped it over for a corner.
Buridan's ass
It refers to a hypothetical situation wherein an ass is placed precisely midway between a stack of hay and a pail of water. Since the paradox assumes the ass will always go to whichever is closer, it will die of both hunger and thirst since it cannot make any rational decision to choose one over the other.
