whatever happens today, i just hope that we give a good account of ourselves. croatia lost to brazil 1-0 a couple of days ago, but were by no means shamed. infact, i thought they looked the better side for large parts of that match and deserved at least a draw, if not a win.

it’s about 5 minutes to kickoff in the japan v croatia game, and i’ll be cheering nippon banzai for the blue samurai this afternoon. if they manage to get a result out of this one, it makes what happens next so much less important.

looking forward to a good couple of matches this afternoon, followed by the largely ‘meh’ game of korea v france.