Yesterday's Second 2 Games (or enfin, qu'est que c'est ca?)

An actual bona fide rubbish match, at last. Togo vs South Korea wasn't great, but Switzerland vs France was absolutely diabolique. Thierry - a bit rubbish. Zidane - ok, but final ball, rubbish. Ribery - again, a bit rubbish. Unlike England, they didn't manage to sneak a win out of it. I'd say they'll come good, but I'd have said that in 2002 as well, and we all remember what happened there. They looked a bit better when Domineque brought on Louis Saha - their shape improved - but they still didn't look like scoring. Togo and South Korea will have been watching with great interest, as Switzerland looked pretty poor, although Frei had the chance of the match. It was quiet on the hair do front as well, although if memory serves, did one of the Swiss defenders sport a mullet?

The Brazil game, of which I only caught the second half wasn't that great either. The Croatian fans were amazing though, and if someone had explained the Croatian forwards that you should aim your shots either to the left or to the right of the opponents keeper we could well have been talking about an upset. Still, despite Ronaldo's apparent disinterest, and a general inability to get round the well organised Croatian defense, the Brazilians always looked as if they'd win it with some moment of magic. The rest of that group is going to be fascinating though - I don't have a clue who's going to go through in second place...

After an abortive attempt at a show just before the England game (wherein my pc shut down and wouldn't start again) today sees my second attempt. If you're around, tune in between 1300 BST and 1400 BST, for music from all the countries playing today and thoughts and discussion about all today's games, and the tournament so far...