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Considering how out of it he looks and how groggy he was, for his own safety he should be subbed.

Bad knock on the head.

Actually on further inspection is he actually giving him the finger or is it his index finger? I'll just pretend it is the middle finger.

Meireles disagrees with the ref it seems

As accurate a description as you'll see anywhere.

No great confusion involved, they just stupidly showed a no goal graphic for when it hit the post. Otherwise it did it's job.

Delighted for the dirty prick

Palacious is even more lucky the ref didn't see the 2 or 3 stamps he made on Pogba.

First hour from England was decent enough, but as the game went on Italy were more and more comfortable. What a player Pirlo is. Makes it looks so so easy. It's embarrassing when you compare Gerrard's "performance" to his. Not a complete disaster for England, but the game with Uruguay is the definition of must win.

Oh Pirlo And to think I was 100% against him joining us when we were linked with him.

Well they haven't delivered at any previous tournament, why would they start now? (Rooney's Euro 2004 aside)

One of the main things Baines brings is a threat from set pieces. England get a free in a decent position and Gerrard takes it. Regardless of the position suiting a right footed player, Baines is the better option.

I'm not surprised but it's ridiculous that Gerrard is still on the pitch.

Cahill didn't do brilliantly there but if I could make a small excuse for him I would say he expected Johnson to take a covering position behind him while he would cover the centre. Instead Johnson covered a run in the middle and Cahill was caught out. Poor all round.

Well taken but the English defense making it too easy for them. A pretty pathetic effort from Baines trying to stop the cross.

Balotelli probably couldn't believe his luck when he looked around and saw Hart just standing there like a moron.

Robben has been outstanding tonight. I fancied Holland to win tonight, but this is incredible. I feel sorry for Azpilicueta.

Keeper hasn't been great for Croatia. Oscar on the other hand has been excellent.

I hope soft decisions for Brazil doesn't become a recurring theme in this World Cup á la South Korea in 2002.

Awful decision from the referee.

Safe to say that Cahill and Jagielka won't have to worry too much about either Smalling or Jones taking their place.

While he wasn't in the same class as Maldini, he was far from a sh*t defender. If long shots and free kicks were all he had then he wouldn't have lasted 9 years at Madrid or play for Brazil as many times as he did.

It's a testament to how good Azpilicueta is that he has kept Cole out of the team this season, and Cole proved that class is permanent with his performances in those massive games near the end of the season. Easily the best left back in the PL era and one of very few of England's big names that put in good performances consistently. If this is the end of his time with us I say thank you and wish him the very best in the future. (Provided he doesn't go to Liverpool or United or someone like that)

He added this a few mins ago Thank u Chelsea FC for making my 8 years there a pleasure to work all the staff and players, we've been through a lot, good and bad

Van Gaal new manager and Giggs retires. No major surprises there.