IT’S THE TURN of teams from Groups C and D to book their tickets to the knockout stages.
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24 Jun 2014
5:10PM
Good afternoon, one and all. After yesterday saw Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands and Chile assure themselves of at least one more game at these finals, four more nations will earn places in the second round today.
First up, Italy and Uruguay, both level on four points in Group D, battle it out in Natal while the already eliminated England face group leaders Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte. Both matches kicked off at 5pm and are currently 0-0.
At 9pm, it’s Greece v Ivory Coast and Japan v Colombia.
If Italy do make it to the last 16, they will be without their first choice striker Mario Balotelli, who has picked up a yellow card for this crazy challenge.
If, like me, you’re watching Italy v Uruguay, I feel for you. Other than a whole lot of play-acting and a couple of attempted lobs on Gigi Buffon, there has been little to report as we come up to the half-time whistle.
Moments ago, Luis Suarez caught Andrea Pirlo late and took a trailing arm to the face in the process. As you would expect, he didn’t take to kindly to it.
They are also yet to break the deadlock in the England – Costa Rica game but here’s a piece of neat footwork from Costa Rica captain Bryan Ruiz.
Big news, Jamie Carragher has joined Twitter (@Carra23)! Despite what some jokes doing the rounds are suggesting, his tweets will not in fact come with subtitles.
RED CARD FOR ITALY! Claudio Marchisio gets his marching orders for a dangerously-high challenge on Egidio Arevalo Rios and the Azzurri are down to ten men for the final half hour.
24 Jun 2014
6:37PM
Roy Hodgson has brought on Steven Gerrard so he will get one more shot at playing alongside Frank Lampard. He’s not exactly looking to the future with that one, is he?
Oh my word, he didn’t… did he? We’ve had a couple of mad minutes in Natal. First, Luis Suarez appears to bite Giorgio Chiellini when the pair come together in the box.
Uruguay then take the leads through a heder from Diego Godin and Italy are going out.
24 Jun 2014
6:55PM
It’s full-time in both games.
Costa Rica 0-0 England
Italy 0-1 Uruguay
Costa Rica go through as Group D winners on seven points while Uruguay are second on six. That means Italy and England are out.
24 Jun 2014
7:03PM
That’s my lot but there’s still a whole lot of football to be played this evening so stick around.
Cheers for joining me and check back in later in the week when we will be giving away a number of prizes thanks to Budweiser.
World Cup hangout: The best anthems, England's swansong and Kobe's an Azzurri fan
IT’S THE TURN of teams from Groups C and D to book their tickets to the knockout stages.
If you have any questions or comments, e-mail sport@thescore.ie, tweet us @football_ie, use the hashtag #ScoreWCHangout, post a message to Facebook, or leave a comment below.
Good afternoon, one and all. After yesterday saw Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands and Chile assure themselves of at least one more game at these finals, four more nations will earn places in the second round today.
First up, Italy and Uruguay, both level on four points in Group D, battle it out in Natal while the already eliminated England face group leaders Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte. Both matches kicked off at 5pm and are currently 0-0.
At 9pm, it’s Greece v Ivory Coast and Japan v Colombia.
Kobe Bryant’s an Italy fan… who knew?!
There has been a fair amount of love for Uruguay’s national anthem ‘Orientales, la Patria o la Tumba’ on Twitter this afternoon.
Here’s a clip of the 2010 team singing along:
I’m a big fan of Italy’s myself, while Brazil and France also get mentioned during a quick debate at TheScore.ie HQ.
So, tell us… what is your favourite national anthem at this World Cup?
So Roy Hodgson insists he is sticking around for the Euro 2016 qualifiers. Is he the right man for England? Who are the realistic alternatives?
He has gone with an experimental side for their final game and fans have clearly come to terms with their early exit…
If Italy do make it to the last 16, they will be without their first choice striker Mario Balotelli, who has picked up a yellow card for this crazy challenge.
Why always him indeed…
If, like me, you’re watching Italy v Uruguay, I feel for you. Other than a whole lot of play-acting and a couple of attempted lobs on Gigi Buffon, there has been little to report as we come up to the half-time whistle.
Moments ago, Luis Suarez caught Andrea Pirlo late and took a trailing arm to the face in the process. As you would expect, he didn’t take to kindly to it.
They are also yet to break the deadlock in the England – Costa Rica game but here’s a piece of neat footwork from Costa Rica captain Bryan Ruiz.
It’s half-time in both encounters with no goals to report. As 90s pop group D:Ream sang, things can only get better!
Big news, Jamie Carragher has joined Twitter (@Carra23)! Despite what some jokes doing the rounds are suggesting, his tweets will not in fact come with subtitles.
Many childhood years and a large chunk of pocket money was spent on collecting and swapping World Cup and Premier League stickers.
According to this report, the craze has never been more popular in Brazil. Have you got any fond Panini-related memories?
Enjoying the ambiance £2,000? These lads were ripped off.
RED CARD FOR ITALY! Claudio Marchisio gets his marching orders for a dangerously-high challenge on Egidio Arevalo Rios and the Azzurri are down to ten men for the final half hour.
Roy Hodgson has brought on Steven Gerrard so he will get one more shot at playing alongside Frank Lampard. He’s not exactly looking to the future with that one, is he?
Oh my word, he didn’t… did he? We’ve had a couple of mad minutes in Natal. First, Luis Suarez appears to bite Giorgio Chiellini when the pair come together in the box.
Uruguay then take the leads through a heder from Diego Godin and Italy are going out.
It’s full-time in both games.
Costa Rica go through as Group D winners on seven points while Uruguay are second on six. That means Italy and England are out.
That’s my lot but there’s still a whole lot of football to be played this evening so stick around.
Cheers for joining me and check back in later in the week when we will be giving away a number of prizes thanks to Budweiser.
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