GA!

Anyone else notice how John Motson before the game mentioned Hitler opened the 1936 Olympic Games in this stadium in a tone as if there's people proud of that fact?

I hope Togo win. Africa has had the crap beaten out of them so far so this would be a refreshing change.

Although its been tight in some games, its been fairly predictable so far.

This match has been boring, just like Mexico's. Either Angola are going to come back now, or its Togo that's going to be the Senegal/Cameroon of the tournament. Togo rhymes with pogo, so I'd prefer that. EDIT: HALF-ARSED MEXICAN WAVE!!!

Yugoserbmontiaetcetera 0 - 1 Robben, feat. Holland... One of the better games, not as good as Argentina's game but still exciting. Group C should be the best group, and I'm really looking forward to Holland vs. Argentina, as that was probably the best match at France 98. I can't really see Ivory Coast or Yugoslavia Alias #62 going to the next round - although I hope Coast win when the two's face off.

Argentina are winning, shock.

For the 256th time in the tournament, a guy goes down... From what I've seen (tuned in 10 minutes ago) - Ivory Coat have been quite sound so far. Oh and random thought: I <3 Trinidad and Tobago.

Easily in...

Boring match, but a great victory for the South Americans.

That was weird, Poland came the closest they've been all match out of nowhere.

Take that you Polish bastards! And the Polish crowd is more dead than a crowd at a Smackdown taping!

Pele? In an advert NOT about erection problems? Weird... Sorry, just thought I'd throw that thought out there.

I give it a 9. Good "okay the dive was shite, make it look like I slipped" face. I give the Ecuador shove an 8.

This match, predictably, has been a bit boring so far.

I agree on both things. EDIT: Except for the Celts thing. In other news, ITV is a complete bastard to my TV aerial. Everything's very wavy at the moment. :blink:

Good game, some great goals... Hopefully this should pave the way for a great tournament!

Are any of you watching Poland vs. Ecuador, or is thread going to be dead now after this game minus England matches?

GREAT GOAL!!! And it was very offside too.

There's no dam there, Costa Rica's defence has been some of the worst I've ever seen. Just that Germany doesn't know how to put the ball away as much as they should.

Random question: Are Baddiel and Skinner doing "Fantasy Football" or whatever its called on ITV this tournament?

Lehmann had to actually run, GET THE MAGIC SPONGE~!

This match is going to be a corker! 2-1 to Germany, here's hoping for more! Good positioning again...

This is Lehmann we're talking about here.

FUCK YEAH!!! COSTA RICA SCORE! And that was amazing from Wanchope, absolutely perfect positioning.

That shot was fantastic though, considering it wasn't at an easy angle. EDIT: Whoa, Costa almost fucked up twice!