England 3 - Switzerland 0

The swiss had chances but wasted them. Then Bernt Haas got his second yellow card and suddenly England can play football. Boy Wonder Rooney scored two goals and Stevie G added icing to the cake. All is not lost for the Swiss. All they have to do is beat France. The same France who beaten them 4-0 in a recent friendly.

Oh and I think England yesterday is the only team who fielded no 1 - 11 on the pitch. Other teams always have players with numbers outside the first 11 playing.

France 2 - Croatia 2

This game was all about mistakes and stupidities. Zidane took a free kick and under pressure from Silvestre, Tudor touched the ball and it went into his own goal. 1-0. Then in the second half Silvester ran into the back of a Croat, and being in the penalty box, the Croat tumbled down and got a penalty. Rapaic stepped up. 1-1. Then Prso got the ball, flicked it over Silvestre. Desailly was there to clear the ball but - surprise, surprise - totally missed the ball. Prso acted quicker and shot on goal. 1-2. Tudor, who already created an own goal, passed the ball back to Butina only to find it was going too slow. Trezeguet duly chased the ball, Butina kicked the ball which bounced back via Trezeguet's hand and he scored easily. The Croatian coach then put in Ivica Mornar, who is becoming the Emile Heskey of Croatia. In the last minute Mornar received the ball and turned easily away from Desailly. Now he's facing Barthez and what does he do? He scoops it wide. Very wide.

Lessons for the French: Desailly is too old and too slow. And they always need luck. Hmm, sounds like Germany to me.
Lessons for the Croatians: Tudor needs to concentrate and Mornar should never be allowed on the pitch again, just like Heskey.