Rio – and the World Cup party continues…

Time to now enjoy some football – we’ve managed to get tickets sorted for games at the Maracanã Stadium for Russia v Belgium and for France v Ecuador.

Will be a strange atmosphere in Belo on our day trip on Tuesday – expect England fans will carry on with a big party and fantastic support at least at the start of the game – let’s see if players respond.

If Hodgson makes too many changes and we win then no doubt he’ll be criticised for not using that team selection earlier – he can’t win. Ultimately we lost to 2 teams higher up in the rankings than us – by the same measure we should beat Costa Rica – we’ll see…….

Anyway – Skylab restaurant view yesterday was pretty good and bars spilling in to the street as Rio did Friday night…

And arrival in to Rio’s local airport…

Too much analysis of yesterday’s game…

If you’d watched us in South Africa you know we’re improving and with younger players. That’s all.

Welcome to Rio – The World Cup Party Continues…

São Paulo – Arena Corinthians

Pre Match in SP… Drinking away the nerves

A Zuton playing in São Paulo pre match

Dave Mcabe from the Zutons playing Valerie – wot he wrote….