Two awful teams tonight. It doesn't bode well that it took a penalty in normal time and the lottery of penalties to dispatch a poor Colombia team who were missing their best player.

I maintain England might get as far as the semi-finals, but they will be found out when they meet a proper team, ala Belgium.

I just hope to God Croatia get back to peak form against Russia.

By the way, how on earth was an American allowed to referee this match?

Would they allow a Russian to referee a Serbia match? A Welshman to referee a Scottish match? A Spaniard to referee a Colombia match? Americans and English are allies who share a language

If I was a Colombian I would be raging about that.

I invoke my right under the 5th amendment of the United States constitution and decline to answer the question.