Good morning! How has your Olympic experience been? SA’s Germany-based Ian Plenderleith has enjoyed his stay in France, attending seven consecutive matches that ended in a three-goal margin of victory (four 3-0 games, three 4-1 games). The most special game, he writes, was the first half of the USA’s group game with Germany (3-1 at the break), which he says was one of the finest, most absorbing halves of soccer he’s seen in over half a century as a spectator. 

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