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I want to see one of the Boateng brothers kick the fuck out of the other one...

A win is a win. I certainly would have taken a win of that nature for England. Win ugly if you have to. Fuck "style points".

Put me down as a maybe, depends upon if overtime is offered at work. If not, I'll play.

Finally figured out how to get my plate to display in GTAO. It's not a straightforward thing to do when you don't have an Android phone compatible with the iFruit app.

Well that, as they say, is that. Costa Rica's deserved victory over a complacent Italy confirms England's exit from the World Cup. Obviously the players have proven to not be good enough, but it's still disappointing to see them go out so early. I'm pleased for Costa Rica though, especially after all of the disrespect they had to contend with prior to the tournament. Whipping boys? Not at all. England will be underdogs on Tuesday. Firm, please don't go anywhere near those blades. Hate to think what you're feeling right now. And now for an edit on teams still in the tournament. Half time, and France are basically bossing Switzerland around as if they were playing a game of FIFA. How they didn't score from the follow-up from the penalty miss I'll never know... I guess they're not missing Ribéry then.

Need a LOT of help though. A big win for Italy over Costa Rica today, and something similar over Uruguay on Tuesday. And of course England need to beat Costa Rica on the same day. People will heap shit on the manager and players over the next few days, but I'm going to be fair. I have nothing against Suarez, and I'm glad he made the most of his two chances. But England should have done better. Four goals conceded, and all from errors. And falling behind in both games certainly didn't help matters. But, like Firm said, not completely out of it yet. Just try and salvage something, and hope for the best.

The papers are going to have a field day. Let the bloodbath commence. Two errors, two conceded goals. Thank fuck they didn't go there as one of the favourites. Oh well, I'm sure the bitter twisted Welsh that I live amongst will enjoy themselves tonight. As will their friends north of the border. Congratulations to Uruguay.

And as you know by now, he just scored!!!!!!!! 1-1. back in it!!!!!!! EDIT: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCKING GERRARD!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not just Rooney's header, but that free kick as well. Obviously the scoreline says otherwise, but Uruguay were not that brilliant overall in the first half. Let's see if they 'park the bus' now... EDIT: I guess not. Damn, Uruguay are all over England at the moment. How in the hell did Cavani miss? Riding their luck at the moment. I'm still trying to enjoy this, but getting increasingly nervous...

So, England are involved in TWO matches today. Of course you know all about the Three Lions trying to keep their tournament alive against Uruguay, but English referee Howard Webb takes charge of Côte d'Ivoire and Columbia. There'll be plenty of time for me to go crazy about the other match later, but looking forward to the Ivorians and Columbians get it on. Difficult one to call, maybe a late goal wins it? If you see this post later, try and look for a tube video of Die Serey crying his eyes out during the Ivorian national anthem. Holy CRAP. England solid for much of the first half against Uruguay, they make one defensive error. And Luis Suarez, who had done fuck all up to that point, makes the most of the only real chance he's had. Ugh.

What could they possibly do to Defender to ruin that? I dunno, probably send in Merryweather to try and kill you before you get to the airport, and then send about ten of them simultaneously after you and the contact when you're both up in the air. That should probably do it...

Oh great. Why the hell are Rockstar so insistent on spoiling people's fun? How soon does the enemy copter start chasing you? I'm thinking that a quick land of the Cargobob, get out and blast the bad bird to smithereens with your RPG before carrying on with the delivery is in order now? I'm not going to have a chance to test out my theory for a while, so I'm just wondering if anyone else can...

Well, it's all over. Adiós España!!!!!!!!! Chile were absolutely sensational tonight. Before everyone rightly criticises Spain for their woeful performance, try not to forget that their opponents were every bit of good value for their win. SIX minutes of injury time, where the hell did that come from? And for all of this talk of potentially avoiding Brazil no matter what happens against the Dutch, to be frank, on current form Chile would have nothing to fear given what Brazil have shown so far. And a quick EDIT shows something that I found on the BBC live sports event page. Brazil boss Luiz Felipe Scolari said at Christmas time that: "I hope Chile don't qualify. "I'd rather play any of the others. They're a pain to play against. "They're well organized, they're intelligent, they have a good side. It's better to play against a European team." Hmmm, interesting... And just one more thing, again courtesy of the BBC. If you're a Spain fan, look away now...

I just posted a status about talk of avoiding teams. I disagree. Be the best? Beat the best. Why not try and make a name for yourself, instead of being scared about what a team may do to you on paper?

CHILE 2-0 Spain Damn!!!!!! Another clanger from Casillas, for whom many believe is the world's best goalkeeper.

Australia have nothing to be ashamed of. Yeah, they lost their matches, but they're no mugs. If they keep improving they will be a real handful for teams for years to come. Say what you like about the Dutch, but in light of recent events, I'd much rather take an unconvincing win ahead of a pretty defeat right now. Early moments of the Chile-Spain game, and damn, this Chile side really isn't messing around. I want them to win just to piss Spain off.

I see it, and I like it. Christ, I can see my occasional OCD-like tendencies coming to the fore here with this one...

I agree, but only up to a point. Clearly Scolari met his match tactically. Mexico set out to defend, and he stuck rigidly to his plan of using Fred to hold the ball up, except that Fred was poor again. Surely he should have been scrapped for an out-and-out striker at half-time? To be fair, Brazil did have some flashes of brilliance, only to be let down by poor finishing and having to watch the Mexican goalie pull off outstanding save after outstanding save. I still think they'll be in the tournament for a while, but they're going to have to catch fire from somewhere in the knockout phases. Now for Russia and Korea. Twenty quid says that Capello doesn't smile at any point.

I wish you had to ability to customise your weapons on the go. Going back to Ammu-Nation every damn time to do it is fucking annoying.

I'll check it out later, Brazil have my attention at the moment. The pictures that have been posted so far look ace though...

What a strange way to get your gaming kicks. Still, to each their own. Good luck with that.

Jesus Christ. Words fail me. Please tell me you're being sarcastic. Anyway, good win for Belgium today. Many people's dark horses in this tournament, they were made to work hard by Algeria, but they came through. Even Fellaini resembled a football player today, making Man Utd fans cringe. No matter what happens between Brazil and Mexico right now, I won't forget the spectacle of the Brazilian national anthem any time soon. Even I got goosebumps watching that.

Ah, Kent. I know it reasonably well. Okay, a few holidays when I was younger, and of course the gateway to France, but you never forget. Slaves, this garage punk band I like, are from Kent, with one of the members a Maidstone native. I might go there at some point to catch one of their gigs, even thought they're probably more likely to play in Tunbridge Wells.

Congrats to the USA. A win is a win, and Ghana only have themselves to blame for not taking their opportunities. They've given themselves a real chance of qualifying now, as long as they don't get complacent against what will be a desperate Portugal. The game with Germany was always going to be a needle match anyway, the opening results for both teams made it that much more interesting.

And so we have our first goalless draw. I suppose we were due one at some point. Iran did what they wanted to do, and Nigeria were shit. We definitely saw the best two teams in this group last night, Bosnia might be bottom at present, but they should easily go through with Argentina. Hopefully USA and Ghana will be a good one. Still don't understand why Klinsmann left Landon Donovan at home though.