I just cannot believe how some professional footballers are so poor at taking penalties. No conviction to them, just put your laces through it.

Japan 1-2 Croatia Brazil 3-0 S Korea Morocco 0-2 Spain Portugal 3-1 Switzerland

We were poor for the first 40 mins as were France. Both kicked on after scoring their first goal, and I think it’s going to be very close in the next game. Who scores first could be crucial . Whoever wins could be the eventual WC winner.

Henderson and Rice may as well not be there

I don’t understand how some have said that he is arrogant or petulant. Yes he is confident in his abilities and why shouldn’t he be. A real talent and IF we get past Senegal the we are going to have to nullify him because he shoots from anywhere. A joy to watch.

Well I never heard Ronnie call it soccer. But never mind eh. Call it what you want but to the majority it’s football.

Too right. FIFA, UEFA, FA. All have Football in their name. Not bloody soccer. The USA Soccer Federation should not be allowed to enter a World Cup. It’s just like Baseball, it’s rounders at best and is only played by them because they don’t understand cricket

Well he’s obviously fed up of putting it on a plate for Martinez.

You’re quite right but that’s not the fault of Messi. He might be at the end of his career and he is nowhere as good as he once was but I feel blessed to have seen him in his pomp.

Not like the 1978 team , with the likes of Ardiles, Kempes, Passarella, Villa and Tarrentini. That was a wonderful team.,

A question, given that we had three Aussies playing at the top level, are any of them involved with the Australian WC squad?

Yes, I was so looking forward to this on TV then had to put up with this tosser.

Some of us are old enough not to have to Google the 1970 Brazil team and you are making assumptions that Simon is doing that. He may well be but do you know that for sure? Anyway for an inclusion into your knowledge bank, the best World Cup team I’ve ever seen was Brazil in 1970

I agree and he always gave credit to opposition players who he considered the best in their position. Bobby Moore and Gordon Banks being two of them. I’m also glad the USA are out. Anyone who plays the wonderful game and still call it Soccer don’t deserve to be in a FIFA World Cup tournament. Do you see the letter S in the governing bodies title Yankee boys? Stick to playing your brand with crash helmets and lots of padding.

Jimmy Jinky Johnstone got kicked to death and just kept getting back up.

What we saw from the Uruguayan players at the end is all you need to know about horrible cheating footballers. A dirty biting individual in tears makes me so pleased and that Nunez cheat will fit in well at Old Trafford.

Varela must be related to Tom Daley.

Don’t remember Portugal, but my first memory of a World Cup was 1962 in Chile. Chile v Italy was so disgusting that it became known as the Battle of Santiago.

Credit where credits due, they may be cheating, diving scoundrels but Suarez can still eat an orange through a tennis racket as well as he has always done. The animals in 1966 were the Argies.

Let’s hope that’s still the case on Sunday.

Why do players insist on these hop skip and jump penalties. Just put the laces through it.

Netherlands 1-1 USA Argentina 2-1 Australia France 2-0 Poland England 3-2 Senegal

Thanks Herbie

Are we predicting scores after normal time or extra time ?

You just have to love this game sometimes. Krauts out. Well done Japan.