I see the Brazilian coach has issued a plea to FIFA to make sure his team and 'other South American teams' are not subjected to 'violence,' by which he means, apparently, don't let the Australians kick the crap out of my players. Bit cheesey to be using gamesmanship to thwart gamesmanship isn't it?

Interesting results at the weekend. The Africans did much better than I expected. Perhaps we will have some upsets after all!