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4.19pm: Pavlos Joseph, the England fan who pitched up in England's changing room after their draw with Algeria, will face trial on Friday after making an appearance at a World cup court today. Get the full story from David Smith here.

4.05pm Afternoon all, Paolo Bandini subbing in for Sean. Diego Maradona, for no obvious reason but probably because some hack who just can't let go decided to dredge up his 'hand of God' goal again, has announced to the world that Luís Fabiano did a "double handball" before scoring his second goal against Ivory Coast. "[Fabiano's goal] was with his arm, he brought it down with his arm," insisted El Pibe de Oro. No word yet as to whether he can also confirm that rain is wet.

3:45 pm: That's it from me for today - have 1,000 words to write for tomorrow's paper so time to get cracking. Thanks for all your your posts and emails, and for now back to the team in London. Cheers, Sean

3.40pm: Danny Taylor's verdict on Behrani's sending off:

That red card happened right beneath me. Yes, his arms were flailing, but Vidal's acting and faux agony was embarrassing

Personally think another argument in favour of video evidence is that it would stop the fakers: where is the incentive to dive or collapse in a heap pretending you've been elbowed if, within 20 seconds, you could be booked for cheating.

3:34 pm: Switzerland, up to 10 people - Behrami was sent off for putting his hand towards the face of the form ", as he held it. Personally, I think that 's funny - his arm was high, and perhaps justifiably booking but in comparison with spines of the gears that break up and destroy careers, that there was nothing ...

3:25 am: It's still 0-0 in Switzerland v Chile. As 2010MisterChip points out

Switzerland have not conceded a #WorldCup goal for the last 501 minutes. It's the second longest streak ever in WC history #SUI #CHI

3.10pm: Chile are on top in the early stages against Switzerland. Meanwhile zonalmarking.net's tactical breakdown of Portugal v North Korea is well worth reading.

2.55pm:Speaking of Switzerland, Chile, V, you can follow all the action with John Ashdown 's live minute-by-minute report .

2.46pm: The South African presenter on SS3's coverage of Chile v Switzerland has just described as the Swiss as having "one of the toughest defences in World Cup history". A touch premature, perhaps?

2.40pm: A few of your posts from below the line:

rmstrongx15 - "Looking very much like a rout for the army team of the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea against the capitalist decadents' of Western Iberia. I hope the Dear Leader will have understanding for his lads, they certainly gave all they had. I blame the capitalist anti gravity ball, designed by Fifa & NASA scientists, who do not want to go to bed by the light of a communist moon or see a second round of socialist 'Ambush Marketing' by professional Chinese DPRK fans."

Algebraist - "Fifa is hoisting its own petard with the opposition to Video Replay technology. It's inherently stupid to be that complacent about the 'nature' of the game when every World Cup brings a shift in video technology that breaks down each decision into milliseconds. The slow-motion cameras installed at ever venue and the propensity of SABC to show off with slow motion clips of everything that they can possibly get away with should be enough for FIFA to reconsider it's strategy. After all, you can actually see the infringements in glorious High Definition around four or five times, as soon as it happens. Eventually, you're just going to have to give up and try to integrate the technology."

HankVanTek- "Video replay would be much faster than 2 minutes of pantomime, which was held last night - and we would see the right decisions, as well. I can 't blame FIFA does not want to use video replays, because they to be clipped with a bonus Sepp 'and buy a few screens. "

2:33 pm: This from my colleague Danny Taylor:

Security not great in Port Elizabeth. Chile v Switzerland my 3rd game here and not had to show my ticket once. England here next.

2.24pm: That's it, Portugal have won 7-0 to almost certainly book their place in the last 16. You wonder what the authorities in Pyongyang are making of North Korea's biggest ever defeat in international football ... and the decision to show the game live. Wouldn't want to be the fellow who made that right now ...

2:18 pm: And Tiago has just made it 7-0, which means that the Ivory Coast are - barring a miracle - almost certainly out of this World Cup. Meanwhile this from my Guardian colleague Paul MacInnes:

My advice to #PRK players: dress up as a woman and do a runner while you can

2.16pm: There's a broad beam across Cristiano Ronaldo's face, and with good reason: he's just scored his first goal in international football for two years to put Portugal six-nil up.

2.14pm: It's Portugal 5-0 North Korea. The last time Portugal scored five in a World Cup was in 1966 ... against North Korea.

2:05 pm:

1:51 pm: Ronaldo crosses to Tiago, who makes it 4-0 to Portugal ... I wonder if the authorities in North Korea will cut the signal to the live feed?

1.47pm: Portugal have just scored twice in three minutes, the second a lovely diving header from Hugo Almeida, to go 3-0 ahead against North Korea.

1.45pm: Diego Maradona has had his say on Luis Fabiano's double-handballed goal against Ivory Coast last night. "What's tragicomic is the referee's smile afterwards!" he told reporters today. When I scored the goal against England, I didn't see the referee laugh. He had so many doubts, he looked at his linesmen, there was no fourth referee at that time, he looked at the crowd to see if they gave him a hand. But yesterday, the referee went laughing and that's what shocked us all. So if you saw it why didn't you penalise it?"

Maradona is Argentina side playing Greece in the future Polokwane - match I 'm lucky to go - says Brazil are still the team to beat. "Brazil did not play well, but they settle their matches, and therefore they remain the favorites," he said.

1:38 pm: Even archbishop Desmond Tutu has put the boot into England, calling their performance so far as "perfectly abysmal". Speaking in Cape Town, the Nobel Peace Laureate said: "I had David Beckham here the other day and I told him of our fears. And David Beckham said: 'You know what, a football match is 90 minutes long. Anything can happen. South Africa has already won as it is hosting this World Cup.' And he's right, you know. Remember what has happened to England, Spain, France and Italy. All former winners, all have had perfectly abysmal games. We shouldn't be feeling too bad."

1.30pm: Apologies for the scratchy nature of the updates, by the way. Partly it's because we expect most of you will be reading Rob Smyth's minute-by-minute reportbut it 's because the internet in my apartment, like a drunk walking home from the pub: the slow, uncertain, and may fall over at any moment.

1.20pm: It's Portugal 1-0 North Korea at half-time.

1.12pm: Portugal are still pressing. Meanwhile this from my colleague Kevin McCarra:

Now that I think about it, Frank Lampard was bound to be used as the antidote to incendiary John Terry at today's press conference. They are opposite poles for club and country in some respects, yet there is a bond between the public schoolboy and a team-mate with a grittier kind of education. If England start playing better it will because their different qualities are at last seen on the pitch instead of being confined to the airwaves.

1.06pm: Hello again from Sean Ingle in Johannesburg. Portugal have scored the first goal in Cape Town in this World Cup, and lead North Korea 1-0 in what is a surprisingly open game.

12.44pm: Penny and Gregg sounds like a children's television programme doesn't it? Anyway, I digress. Portugal v North Korea has got off to cracking start with the Koreans really giving it a go against Ronaldo and co. You can follow the match with Rob Smyth's minute-by-minute report right here. GR

12.13pm:Hello from Penny and Gregg London. Like Australians And you will not have enough to worry about, Herald Sun published a video of the upper '\\' songs played on vuvuzela . Ear-screechingly bad. PW

11.55am:It 's it for me now. Mail and Guardian in Burg Joe 'very kindly allowed me to use their offices but there are no screens around, and there sa game' to view. I LL 'will come back soon with updates, providing the Internet in their work apartment, but now it' s to my colleagues in London. Thank you for all your letters and Tweets. Best, Sean

11.50am: This from the BBC's James Pearce:

Breaking: Capello has told BBC that Upson will start #England match v Slovenia in place of suspended Carragher #worldcup

11.48am: Meanwhile there's an interesting comment from Graeme Souness on RTE about the effects of altitude and why England will be at their lowest ebb against Slovenia.

11.45am

11.36am: My colleague Danny Taylor's verdict on Lampard's press conference:

Very impressive performance from Frank Lampard in a difficult press conf. Handled it impeccably. Honest, open and eloquent #eng #worldcup

11.31am:

11.27am:

11.22am: Scrub that last post. According to the Associated Press, North Korea state television has confirmed it will show live coverage of today's World Cup match against Portugal in what is believed to be a first for a North Korean football team's match taking place abroad.

11.18am: Meanwhile there's an interesting piece on what football is like North Korea on the Channel 4 News website.

Football is never televised live in the DPRK. Games are generally shown one or two days later at prime time on the state TV channel. Thus far in this world cup highlights packages of all the games - except the South Korea v Greece match - have been shown on the state TV channel. And on the evening of 16 June, one day after the rest of the world had watched the national team's heroics, the people of North Korea watched as their team struggled valiantly against the top ranked team in the world.

11.12am: If you're interested in finding out what it's like to be a fan travelling around South Africa, the excellent European Football Weekends blog is carrying a journal from Tim Stewart which is well worth a read.

The experience starts off badly ...

"Matchday 1: South Africa-Mexico. I set off from Sandton, an affluent suburb of JoBurg at 10am. There were no signs for Soccer City or any stewards/info/anything else World Cup-related despite it being the terminus for anyone arriving in JoBurg from the airport. I eventually found a shuttle bus supposed to take 30mins to the official stadium park and ride bus/Metrorail train. The freeway was totally gridlocked and we spent three hours on it. The Metrorail train did not move for an hour and then stopped for another 30 mins just outside Soccer City. Arrived at 3pm - five hours after setting off, missing the entire opening ceremony along with tens of thousands of others.The opening game had an attendance of only 85,000 when capacity was 97,000.

... but soon Tim finds that ...

I'm a much happier bunny after putting the early transport horror shows behind me and taking in the Holland, Brazil and Argentina games in the past few days. Factor into that seeing real-life North Koreans and partying in Soweto and all is looking up.

As I said, it's worth a read - as is the entire site.

11.05am: Meanwhile below the line ALittleLebowski makes an interesting point:

Slovenia have won as many games in the tournament as England, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, and Germany. Combined. So have Japan. Is European football in trouble? Fair enough there's probably a higher concentration of quality within the S American sides who've qualified (two potential winners, two who look at least capable of getting to the quarters, and one who should get out their group at least) but every single European team has looked bad in one way or another. Even the Netherlands with maximum points have not played with anything like the verve you'd expect from them. Germany looked good for one game, but were brought crashing back to earth after playing a side who were nothing more than disciplined. Spain couldn't break down a disciplined Switzerland. Portugal with the most expensive player in the world couldn't break down a disciplined Ivory Coast.

11 am: This from my colleague Dominic Fifield:

Unhappy #Fra players skulking across the training pitch with their hands in their pockets. They'll probably go and win the #worldcup now...

10.53am:German Wolfgang Stark will be refereeing England V Slovenia on Wednesday. His assistants will be Jan-Hendrik Salver and Mike Pickel, as well as from Germany.

10.48am:Meanwhile, a letter from Sukaina in South Africa:

\\ "Am having breakfast in Cape Town Waterfront before the game Portugal-Korea. No Korea, fans will see billions of Portuguese. There 'are not things of Korea to buy here, even branded vuvuzela ... shame."

10:43 am: Good news for Italy, Andrea Pirlo returned to the learning process.

10.38am: Meanwhile here's a very nice piece by ESPN senior sportswriter Jeff Bradley on watching his nephew, Michael, score the equaliser against Slovenia on Friday night. His brother is also the US coach Bob Bradley ... so you can understand why he was emotional:

Since the purpose of Donovan "I started screaming" boys C 'Mon! "I knocked on the seat in front of me. Hard. Yes, in fact, not things a journalist should do.

I don't remember much of the next 38 minutes, only that I looked at my watch a lot and felt a pit in my stomach, and a huge lump building in my throat. I was rationalizing a little. At least they didn't give up. At least they showed some heart. It's only a game. And then, I saw Donovan right in front of me. He was lofting a pass into the box. I saw someone (it was Jozy Altidore) win a header and send it back across.

And I saw No. 4. Then I saw the ball hit the net. The game was tied 2-2, and I was jumping up and down and pounding the seat some more. And I could feel tears rolling down my cheeks.

10.30am: Below the line, NOTColumba writes: "Brazil looked ominous, but by 'eck are they a bunch of filthy cheats. Snide fouls, rolling around like they've been shot, handballs. Keita's bit of acting was pretty low and should have seen him booked at the least and will probably land him with a ban - but my question is this: If the ref thought that Kaka HAD elbowed Keita, then why was it only a booking - surely it should have been a straight red. A close friend of mine (not that close) recently suggested that Brazil get 50% off any punishment because they are Brazil - this seems to back up his theory."

There's a referees' conference starting shortly in Jo'Burg and Fifa has promised us that every official in the World Cup will be attending, so maybe he will explain his decision last night. Am particularly looking forward to hear why Mali referee Koman Coulibaly denied Maurice Edu's 'goal' against Slovenia on Friday. As for your Brazil point, you're right about the way they're prepared to embrace football's darker arts: against Ivory Coast they conceded 17 free-kicks, most of them - as Brian Homewood from Reuters points out - minor trips or pushes around 30 metres from their own goal which are not enough to earn the perpetrators a yellow card, yet do the job of breaking up dangerous opposition attacks.
As Felipe Melo puts it: "If I have to commit a foul, I will. If I have to get a yellow card, I will. It's better than conceding a goal."

10.23am: Arjen Robben will be allowed to decide when he's fit enough to play again, according to Holland boss Bert van Marwijk. "I am going to leave him to make the decision," said Van Marwijk. "He knows his own body best and he will let me know when he is ready. It can be in the next game or it can be in the knockout phase. He must take the decision. I'd prefer that he is used only when he is fit."

10.15am: Incidentally, Fabian Moritz, who creates our brick-by-brick football coverage tells us: "It's crazy everything thats going on over here. I'm getting enquiries from Holland, Denmark, USA, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Germany and England. Last week there was even a live interview with CNN by webcam - and that with my English! I had two TV crews here, at 8am one from Germany, at 11am one from Holland, my calendar is packed at the moment!"

10:10 am: Our brick-by-brick highlights of England v US went viral, and had over one millions downloads. Here's Friday's England v Algeria game, lovingly recreated including Wayne Rooney berating the fans.

10am: Reuters has gathered up the French press's reaction to yesterday's extraordinary boycott of their training session by the France team - and, as you might expect, they don't hold back ..

L'EQUIPE

Le Parisien - "Everyday, 'les Bleus' push back the frontiers of the unacceptable ... This band of spoilt children, left free to do what they like by their entire hierarchy, has no limit, no sense of duty so close to the match against South Africa. To have the worst soccer team at the World Cup was already unbearable. To also have the most stupid is intolerable ... The mutiny at Knysna will forever remain the Waterloo of French soccer."

LE FIGARO - "It is collective suicide ... the French team has heaped ridicule on itself in front of the whole world yesterday at Knysna. The 'field of dreams' became the set of a living nightmare. It was almost hallucinatory. This is a psychodrama that will go down in the history of the World Cup. The French team has been reduced to ashes."

LIBERATION - "If this charade has a guilty partner (Nicolas Anelka), and culprits (all those 'striking' players who do not merit their salary, nor the chance to ply the profession that they dreamt of doing as children), there is also someone who is responsible for all this: the coach of the French soccer team. We take them to be role models for kids who have lost their way in life, but in reality they are just bling-bling traders for a sport which yesterday lost a lot of credit in France."

LE PROGRES DE LYON - "They should have contented themselves with being bad on the pitch and arrogant off it as they already have been for a few years. Honestly, they amaze us ... (no doubt) they can do even worse."

LES DERNIERES NOUVELLES D'ALSACE- "In a sense, France has already made a success of the 2010 History of the World Cup I remember only two teams from this World Cup: that the winning country, and possibly France ... '[Les Bleus' show] great skill of an international scandal. "triumph" "

VOSGES MATIN - "Too much is too much! The spectacle made by this team of multi-millionaires is a disgrace to all French people."

LA REPUBLIQUE DU CENTRE - "We are no longer in the presence of nasty brats ... but of professional sportsmen not worthy of wearing the French national colours."

FRANCE SOIR - "Clearly nothing can be expected of 'Les Bleus'. Their achievements are shameful: France is the laughing stock of the world."

9.53am: According to The Star newspaper in South Africa there has been, to quote their headline, "No 'boom boom' for Joburgs sex workers' during this World Cup.

Sex workers hoping to turn a quick buck when thousands of horny soccer fans descended on the city for the World Cup say they have been disappointed. And while some upmarket strip clubs say business has been good, others have been forced to cancel shows. Even metered taxi drivers delivering girls to tourists say business has died down.

In the months leading up to the World Cup, there was mounting expectation that prostitution would peak. Reports suggested that up to 40 000 sex workers would be brought into the country to satisfy demand.

One sex worker, in her seventh year on the streets, said the tourists were "boring". "We have not had any luck. I usually make R4 500 a month. I was hoping I would cash in R15 000, but it has been quiet. Guys would rather watch soccer. I am counting down the days until the end."

9.45am: Good stat from Twitter: Didier Drogba offered very little to his side. He made just three successful passes in the entire match.

9.40am:This is Ben Lyttleton, a French expert football

Le Buteur: #ALG can qualify, and will go for the win v #USA. Set to play 3 up front in 3-4-3, Djebbour, Matmour and Ziani

9.35am: Some good points being made below the line:

codfather11 writes: Chronic underachievers hire a serial winner with arguably the best CV in world football ... His job is to coach the chronic underachievers to World Cup glory. The serial winner turns round the fortunes of the chronic underachievers to the point where they qualify having scored more goals than any other European team in the qualifying round. They reach the World Cup and the pressure gets to the chronic underachievers ... who turn round and say the reason ... is down to the methods of the serial winner ... the media now want to get rid of the serial winner and return to the methods endorsed by the serial losers that have led to years and years of embarrassment, underachievement and ridicule. Welcome to Team England."

abigsmurf says: "A player attempts to be honest with the press and gives an honest opinion of the shortcomings of the team and what needs to be done (and is being done) and he gets pilloried for it. Perhaps Rooney was onto something when he let rip at the end of the last match. We, as England fans have the cheek to call ourselves loyal supporters? This reaction only goes to show that we're getting exactly the team performance we deserve."

Finally, as BigJohnSmurfpoints out, "a report on the African teams, bears comparison with a combined record of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain ... PLD October, W1, D6 L3, F7, A7"

9.26am: Didier Drogba has been speaking about his side's 3-1 defeat against Ivory Coast last night. "The game showed the difference between a team that can go all the way and win the World Cup and a team still working its way up," he said. "It was a big disappointment, we had our chances and it could have been a different match. But we have to also be realistic. You know where the Ivory Coast is on the rankings compared to Brazil. We never went into the game thinking we would run away with it."

9.20am: It would be remiss of me not to plug the latest edition of our World Cup Daily podcast with James Richardsom, Which addresses many topics, we 've talked about today. Also in Friday night 'podcast , which, for the first time, was filmed before a live and very refreshed studio audience.

9.15am: Meanwhile this from the Nigerian football writer Colin Udoh:

Sulley Muntari could be heading home after ordered with # Gha squad for Milovan Rajevac

9.10am: Speaking of Brazil v South Africa ... surely the decision to allow Luis Fabiano's second goal, even though he handballed twice before shooting, and the shameful hands-to-face dive of Kader Keita to get Kaka sent off, again highlights the ridiculousness of Fifa's fingers-in-ears decision not to even contemplate video replays? I know there are issues with the game becoming stop-start, and how exactly it video evidence would be applied, but last night we knew within five seconds that both decisions were huge bungling errors. At least if coaches were allowed three challenges a game, as in tennis, it would eliminate such game-changing blunders ...

9am: Meanwhile in South Africa, the big story is the dire performance of the African teams at this World Cup which currently stands at played 12, won one, drawn four, lost seven, goals for six, goals conceded 15. That's seven points out of a possible 30. It's worth stating just how much South Africans are behind every African team here - I was in Pretoria on Saturday night for Cameroon v Denmark, and 95% of the crowd were supporting Paul Le Guen's - or should that be Samuel Eto'o? - side. Last night I watched Brazil v Ivory Coast in a bar and it was the same: silence broken only by tuts for the Brazil goals, wild applause and cheering when Didier Drogba scored a consolation ...

8:50 am: In Italy, meanwhile, the papers are more gloomy than hysterical following the Azzurri's 1-1 draw with New Zealand. "Italy flop! Now there's the risk of coming home," is the headline on La Repubblica's front page, with Gianni Mura commenting inside: "It's a really poor result, more than disappointing. I would say chilling." Corriere della Sera, meanwhile, suggests this is "an Italy without quality," an analyses the "long decline of a great captain," Fabio Cannavaro.

8.40am: But to concentrate solely on England would do a wilful disservice to all the other goings on at the World Cup. Certainly John Terry's minor powerplay was far less dramatic than France rebellion full-on rebellion against Raymond Domenech yesterday. As Tom Williams, from Agence France-Press tweets this morning, L'Equipe are scathing when it comes to the players' refusal to train:

L'Equipe: Patrice Evra incapable as captain, Raymond Domenech "a puppet", FFF president Jean-Pierre Escalettes "an amateur"."How could [Evra] confuse the France captaincy with the captaincy of a team of boy scouts?" Evra "blinded, eaten by the pressure". Poll: 81 percent of L'Equipe readers supported FFF decision to exclude Nicolas Anelka. 68,164 voters.

Meanwhile France president Nicolas Sarkozy, has asked his sports minister Roselyne Bachelot to meet with the key people involved in the bitter national team row which has wrecked their World Cup chances. Bachelot told TFI television: "We are taking note of the indignation of the French people and...calling for dignity and responsibility."

8.30am:Meanwhile, the rest English sportspages are anatomical yesterday 's events with the wild excitement of the student's scalpel, and let them die on a dead mouse in year 6 science. Bob Smith View paper ' picks over the best bits:

In the Daily Mirror, Oliver Holt outlines the levels of almost inhuman brutality that Capello has inflicted upon England's finest. "[The players] told [James Milner] that the food was miserable and bland, that there was not enough of it and that most players sneaked a few extras in to relieve the monotony. There were other occasions under Capello when players got so desperate for some variety in their diet that they arranged for surreptitious fast-food deliveries to be made to the team hotel," he wrote, demonstrating the sacrifices these consummate professionals are only too willing to make in order to win the World Cup.

"The point is that when England's players were only away from their homes and their clubs for a short period, they could deal with the bleak austerity that Capello imposed on them. They could laugh together at their prison conditions and have some harmless fun trying to bend the rules. They could get by on gallows humour. It also helped that they were winning matches under Capello in their World Cup qualifying campaign.

In the Daily Telegraph, Henry Winter described yesterday as "one of the most dramatic days in England's history", and called John Terry "a rebel with a cause". He added: "The gloves are off. Terry can be accused of telling tales out of school, and certain players are known to be unhappy with his release of dressing-room secrets, but the stakes are so high going into Wednesday's match against Slovenia in Port Elizabeth that home truths need to be aired. If England stay in this World Cup it will be because of two meetings, firstly the inquest in a hotel bar in Cape Town immediately after Friday's abject draw with Algeria, and then last night's more peaceful gathering at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus here."

Matt Lawton, in the Daily Mail, also concentrates on Terry's attempt to overpower Capello. "Four months after being stripped of the England captaincy, John Terry tried to assume the role of player-manager here on Sunday. At least that was how it looked, how it felt ... It was astonishing. The most extraordinary England press conference since Kevin Keegan announced in 2001 [sic] he had just resigned as manager in a Wembley toilet.

"The players, he suggested, were going to rip up the Capello rule-book and have a beer when they fancied one; tell the celebrated Italian manager how they now wanted to play; tell him that things were going to change. Even that they wanted a man 'at the near post' on set-pieces ... Like it or lump it, Fabio. This is our World Cup too. And he said he was speaking for everyone."

8.20am: The big news of the past 24 hours, to English ears at least, is John Terry's straight talking at the English press conference yesterday morning ... and his subsequent failure to follow through at the team meeting with Fabio Capello last night. As Paul Hayward reports:

This has been the biggest demonstration of England player power since Italia 90, when Bobby Robson came under pressure to switch to a three-man defence after an unconvincing start - and late tonight Capello's players appeared to have won concessions on the timing of the team announcement and improving lines of communication. Robson maintained to the end that the sweeper system was his idea and that he would never have allowed himself to be dictated to by players. Conversely Terry broke ranks alone: raising the possibility that he mistook Cape Town for Cobham, the Chelsea training ground where he wields so much power. Terry's gamble, on Father's Day, was to display himself as the big daddy of this squad and take the discord to the public. At the meeting itself Terry was persuaded to take a back seat. Earlier, he had said: "Whether he [Capello] starts it or finishes it, the players can say how they feel and, if it upsets him, then I'm on the verge of just saying: 'You know what? So what? I'm here to win it for England. He's feeling the same, the players are feeling the same and, if we can't be honest with each other, then there's no point in us being here. You can't hold grudges. If I say something tonight, and I probably will, and a few others will, then I'm doing the best for England." Historians may remember this as the one-beer, one-man putsch. Here, in all its fizzy glory, was the power of the English pint.

What's coming up today: Press conferences and training sessions for almost every team, plus three intriguing games: Portugal v North Korea (12.30pm), Chile v Switzerland (3pm), Spain v Honduras (7.30pm).

As of yesterday, huh? Exist:

1) John Terry trying to take on Fabio Capello in Camp England ... and getting slapped down quicker than a roll of dough in the hands of an expert pizzaioli.

2) The France squad's extraordinary decision to refuse to train.

3) New Zealand, the 2000-1 outsiders, holding out for a draw against
World Champions Italy.

4) And last night's tutti-fruity Brazil v Ivory Coast match ...

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