AK's view from the boundary.

Italy 1 – 1 Paraguay. I almost nodded off watching this game. That doesn’t say much about either team.

New Zealand 1 – 1 Slovakia. Similar to the above statement referencing sleep. The only moment of note, NZ’s equaliser, I missed as I’d nipped to the bathroom for a leak, doh!

Ivory Coast 0-0 Portugal. This was two teams on a pitch masquerading under the guise of a football match. It was mind numbingly dull. As for that clown Ronaldo, it beggars belief how he gets away with it. “If you so much as look at me I’ll fall over.” He had the brassed necked cheek to complain about rough tackling in a post match interview. Twat.

Now to the samba beat that is Brazil.

I, like millions of others, expected Brazil to bury a pub team from North Korea. How wrong we were. Performance of the tournament so far from the Koreans. Knowing what they were up against it was a superb display of very well disciplined defending and closing down the midfield. It’s the first time that I’ve ever viewed a 2 – 1 defeat as a victory ad was the only game so far the had me agitated on the sofa.

Brazil were good though, as you’d expect, but something irked me no end. Robinho and Elano never played like that when playing in a City shirt, other than the occasional glimpse.

Honduras 0 – 1 Chile. First game of today and I followed it on radio. Seemed entertaining and I was left thinking Chile should have scored about 8.

Spain are playing Switzerland at the moment. I’m following it on the radio and it seems a little dull.

So far, apart from a couple of games, it’s been a boring World Cup and I still hate them bloody trumpets. First one to turn up at City game next season, with a vuvuzela, and is sat next to me will be receiving a fat lip!

ITV’s coverage is still dismal. BBC games on Freeview are fine picture quality wise so why aren’t the games ITV show? Why does Adrian Chiles suddenly seem a shadow of the former presenter he was when working for the BBC?