WORLD CUP FEVER - June 18

Group C

	South Africa		Denmark
	France		Saudi Arabia

Miklos Molnar, Morten Wieghorst, Alfred Phiri, Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, Zinedine Zidane... OFF! Referees go card crazy as FIFA orders clampdown!

Missed the first game entirely, sorry, no excuse. Saw France create a hatful of chances against the Saudis, whose keeper kept them in it for far longer than they had any right. Lizarazu's goal was top class and France may be very pleased with themselves, but they haven't faced a real test yet and I doubt if Denmark will give them one. But why no Petit, Monsieur Jacquet? Like Lebouef, and that Cantona fellow, tainted by the smell of rosbif, peut-etre?


Results:

South Africa (0) 1	Denmark (1) 1
McCarthy 52	Nielsen 13

France (1) 4	Saudi Arabia (0) 0
Henry 36, 77 Trezeguet 69 Lizarazu 85

The section they're calling ... Shots off target:

Yellow cards: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for encouraging the over-zealous referring displays we saw tonight. I could have given them a red card, but I'm using my discretion and I don't want to spoil the game.

(Not necessarily the World Cup but I've got a lot of them) Football Quote of the Day:
'...so different from the scenes in 1872, at the cup final none of us can remember.' John Motson