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Only wish Japan walked out with these guys instead of kids. RT @FutbolIntellect How could you not root for this team? twitpic.com/e66jyo

by BeardEric via twitter 6/15/2014 1:08:22 AM
Oh no. Do I hear....vuvuzelas?

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:12:11 AM
Brazil's answer to the vuvuzela already banned from World Cup
Yahoo SportsThe caxirola was thought to be more tolerable than the horns of South Africa, but fear they might be used as a weapon have forced their banishment from World Cup stadiums.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:14:25 AM
Keisuke Honda scores on a rocket high to the left side of the goal!

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:17:45 AM
I just don't understand why more players don't aim higher.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:18:22 AM
Honda is now Japan's top goal scorer in World Cup competition.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:22:30 AM
Still celebrating that goal. twitpic.com/e66lps

by Maxi Rodriguez via twitter 6/15/2014 1:24:01 AM
This match may be wet and wild.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:30:49 AM
Cool Italy outwit England to win 2-1 in the heat
2014 World CupA cool-headed Italy proved too clever for England on Saturday, scoring two well-crafted goals and defending doggedly in the Amazon heat to grab a 2-1 win in their opening World Cup Group D game. Italy grabbed the winner in the...

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:34:03 AM
Ugly? We're a Cinderella team, says Honduras coach
2014 World CupHonduras are World Cup 'Cinderellas' with an undeserved reputation for ugly play, coach Luis Fernando Suarez said on Saturday ahead of his side's opening Group E game against former champions France. The Colombian expressed the...

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:34:52 AM
Everyone spoke about Latin American teams enjoying home field advantage, but we forgot about Japan. Listen to that crowd!

by Maxi Rodriguez via twitter 6/15/2014 1:35:53 AM
Mix geopolitics, economics, culture and a complicated history and what do you get? A Japanese team playing at home during this World Cup.

by Maxi Rodriguez via twitter retweeted by BenDWalsh 6/15/2014 1:37:15 AM
Ivory Coast are playing well, they just can't convert. Kind of like a certain person who plays for England.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:45:00 AM
First half. Done.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:47:18 AM
Picture time!

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:47:30 AM
Italy's Mario Balotelli celebrates after scoring against England during their 2014 World Cup Group D soccer match at the Amazonia arena in Manaus June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

by Brian Tracey 6/15/2014 1:49:59 AM
Japan's Keisuke Honda (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring against Ivory Coast during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:51:10 AM
Japan's Keisuke Honda celebrates his goal against Ivory Coast during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:52:07 AM
Japan's Yuya Osako fights for the ball with Ivory Coast's Didier Zokora (centre L) during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:53:12 AM
Ivory Coast's Geoffroy Serey Die falls as he fights for the ball with Japan's Maya Yoshida during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:54:46 AM
Japan's Eiji Kawashima makes a save during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Ivory Coast at the Pernambuco arena in Recife June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 1:56:04 AM
This wins the internet. #WorldCup2014 RT @SBNationSoccer : OH NO THE MOTHRA GOT RVP HELP http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqIo0sOCQAAhvsh.jpg”

by Brian Sciaretta via twitter 6/15/2014 1:58:16 AM
And here we go before we sleep.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:02:39 AM
Ivory Coast - sorry FIFA - now has three in back. This could get interesting.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:04:53 AM
Makoto Hasebe comes off, Yasuhito Endō on.

by Brian Tracey 6/15/2014 2:10:42 AM
Uruguay's defence looked shot v Costa Rica and Suarez clearly isn't fit. So England can be hopeful if they can reproduce tonight's form.

by Paul Hayward via twitter retweeted by ossianshine 6/15/2014 2:13:27 AM
"Ugly? We're a Cinderella team, says Honduras coach" - reuters.com/article/idUSKB… #Brazil2014 #WorldCup

by Ossian Shine via twitter 6/15/2014 2:14:17 AM
The different colored shoe thing is something my daughter would be into. Not that I think it's bad.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:16:09 AM
Saw more entertainment & promise from England in 90 minutes tonight than in the entire World Cup campaign in South Africa four years ago.

by Phil McNulty via twitter retweeted by ossianshine 6/15/2014 2:17:43 AM
Here comes Didier Drogba! Die is off.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:19:24 AM
We are at 62 minutes. Lots of time left.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:20:17 AM
Wilfried Bony heads it in after a beautiful cross! 1-1

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:22:16 AM
"Costa Rica keep calm and take to the air to stun Uruguay" - reuters.com/article/idUSKB… #Brazil2014 #WorldCup

by Ossian Shine via twitter 6/15/2014 2:23:07 AM
Gervinho scores! Another great cross. 2-1 Ivory Coast

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:23:54 AM
"Business as usual for Italy but England encouraged" - reuters.com/article/idUSKB… #Brazil2014 #WorldCup by @sgevans

by Ossian Shine via twitter 6/15/2014 2:23:56 AM
Yoshito Okubo comes in for Yuya Osako. Japan looks flat.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:25:32 AM
Boka off with an injury, Constant Djakpa in.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:32:11 AM
Fifteen minutes left.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:32:35 AM
French call in FIFA to investigate drone snooping
2014 World CupFrance have asked FIFA to investigate their suspicions that a drone was used to spy on the team's preparations for the World Cup opener against Honduras, coach Didier Deschamps said on Saturday. The incident is said to have...

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:39:01 AM
My tactics worked says Prandelli after Italy sink England
2014 World CupItaly coach Cesare Prandelli was generous in his praise of an improving England side but said his tactical approach had paid off with the 2-1 victory in Group D on Saturday. “Our logic was that we don’t have players who are as...

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:40:15 AM
Japan's Keisuke Honda shoots to score a goal past Ivory Coast's Boubacar Barry during their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

by Brian Tracey 6/15/2014 2:40:21 AM
What do you think he prayed for when he ran on w/ #CIV down 1-0? Never underestimate a man who has stopped a war. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqI1offCIAAVBSB.jpg

by Corey Bennett via twitter 6/15/2014 2:42:05 AM
Kagawa goes off, Kakitani comes in.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:43:26 AM
Four minutes of stoppage time.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:48:02 AM
This was a well-played game. Obviously Ivory Coast comes away with more, but Japan played well enough to be optimistic.

by Brian Tracey via Reuters 6/15/2014 2:49:44 AM

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Brazil's answer to the vuvuzela already banned from World Cup

Cool Italy outwit England to win 2-1 in the heat

Ugly? We're a Cinderella team, says Honduras coach

French call in FIFA to investigate drone snooping

My tactics worked says Prandelli after Italy sink England

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