England All Stars

It’s been a funny old World Cup so far. England have kept a clean sheet despite fairly average performances, France have yet to turn up, and Brazil seem to have left their mojo in the changing room. Argentina and Portugal have provided us with master classes in World Cup football, while Ghana have left us gasping for more of the same.

But spare a thought for this man, the embattled Togo coach Otto Pfister who, until this morning, didn’t even know whether his team would turn out against the Swiss today. Not only was his skipper sent off in the opener against South Korea, but a long running pay dispute between the players and their national Football Association has made for a rocky couple of days. Refusing to board their flight to Dortmund it took an intervention by FIFA diplomats to persuade the debutants to put in a performance today. Clearly feeling more than a little fucked off by the whole thing he sparked up in front of millions during the first match. Take a deep breath, Otto. It’ll all come out in the wash!

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