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Good afternoon. We are halfway through the second round of the

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World Cup and four teams have secured their place. What a weekend

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it turned out to be. It is a win or go home. Alexis

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Sanchez has equalised for Chile. We have penalties. He has nerves of

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steel. Often the post! Magic. Rodriguez! A devastating effect he

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is having on these World Cup finals. Giovani dos Santos break the

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deadlock. Sneijder has rescued it for the Netherlands. Brilliantly

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done by Arjen Robben. Penalties for the Netherlands. The Netherlands are

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into the last eight. Bryan Ruiz. They have done it. Unbelievable,

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they have done it again. Costa Rica, quarterfinal.

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It has been an enjoyable so far. This is how the sort -- tournament

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is shaping up. Now it is France against Nigeria.

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You can see in the team, the togetherness. They play very open

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and attacking football. Five goals for the French. France are laying

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down the marker at these World Cup finals. Nigeria are in dispute over

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bonuses. Always expect the unexpected.

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It is the first time these teams have met at a World Cup. France and

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comfortable winners of Group F and on the last five occasions they have

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reached the knockout said -- stages they have made the semifinals or

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better. It is the first time Nigeria have got this far since 1998. They

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finished second in their group behind Argentina and are trying to

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become just the fourth African side to make the quarterfinals. Joining

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me is Rio Ferdinand, Martin Keown and Danny Murphy. Normally you see

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teams, they get through and they get a bit defensive and reserved. We

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have seen free-flowing football. We can pick up a few things over the

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weekend. One of the things we don't like to watch is diving. Robben has

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been making the news. Great player, but he does throw himself around in

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a theatrical manner. He has done it for so long, I feel embarrassed for

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him. My family and friends would be disgusted at me. I thought it was a

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foul. It is the way he goes down. The boy went off with a broken leg.

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Maybe because of that one he gets the one near the end. If you keep

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diving you will get penalties. The defenders, you don't go to ground.

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You give him the opportunity to dive. As a defender you don't go to

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ground, especially in the box. I watched this about 400 times

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yesterday. There is no contact until Robben kicks him. And for a game of

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that enormity to be decided on something like that, I find it

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disappointing. I think Robben has got to the byline and has done

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fantastic. As a defended, don't give him the opportunity to dive. Robben

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has confessed to diving, not the penalty he says. He admitted this, "

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I really had to say and apologise in the first half I dived and I should

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not do that. It was a stupid thing to do but you are expecting to be

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struck and then they pull their legs away at the last minute, those

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rotten defenders". Everyone knows he does take a dive. But the pace he

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runs at and trickery he has got it is difficult for defenders. But he

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makes that difficult. We want to see diving stamped out. FIFA have

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responded, we ask players to play in the spirit of Fairplay it is up to

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the rectory to manage the match in all areas and issue cards to

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discourage is this behaviour. Fairplay is the overarching message

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to all players. It is difficult because he is admitting he will take

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a dive if it is necessary. He is an nightmare to play against. He is not

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the only one. I hate seeing it. On a more positive note, Brazil getting

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through. Iconic image of the weekend. Shots of May be Neymar in

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particular at the he scored that penalty. He has been absolutely

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brilliant. The penalties in general were not good quality. He stays nice

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and calm and the pressure is on him. Every game he has grown with that

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pressure. And Chile missed by a fraction. They start to feel that

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this is going to be there World Cup. Possibly goal of the tournament from

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Rodriguez? This is my favourite goal. He has to adjust is feet. His

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touch, adjustments and then have that! I had the pleasure of seeing

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it live and there was a shock that he had done it. His performances up

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until that point, he has shown his quality. Rio tipped him as one of

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the star performers. They can dance as well inverse celebration.

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Rodriguez has looked over his shoulders and then blasts it in.

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Last night we had another penalty shoot out. Even in this tournament,

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perhaps the most boring games have become exciting and this did at the

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end. This is the substitute and the quality of the penalties in the

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shoot out were brilliant. Superb penalty to finish it off. Without

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being critical of the Greeks, I Costa Rica have played a bit better

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and I'm glad they have gone through. A few days ago the Nigerian players

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were threatening to strike in a row over unpaid bonuses. It needed the

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intervention of the Nigerian president to restore the union of

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the squad to be able to go one better than their predecessors. It

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was in America in 1994 Nigeria showed a world what they were made

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of. An extra time Italian penalty brought their memorable debut to an

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end but the super Eagles had arrived. All of a sudden, Palais's

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prediction that an African team would win the World Cup before the

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year 2000 did not look so ridiculous. But Palais was wrong. In

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Nigeria's case, very wrong. 4-0 and another mistake by the Nigerian

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goalkeeper. At times, there World Cup campaigns since 1994 have been a

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shambles. Disputes are a constant threat and even their passage to the

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last 16 here involved a presidential intervention to prevent a player

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rebellion. Stephen Carr she was part of the wonderful team from 1994 and

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then he is their 19th manager in the 20 years since. His number two, and

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the old guard are inspiring the new. But football fans are fickle the

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world over. The opening draw with Iran prompted calls for an overhaul.

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Make no mistake, the manager has one of the toughest jobs at this World

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Cup. I am new into this game and anything I can get out of it to be a

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better coach, I would love to have it. For the past 16 years Nigeria

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has never qualified for the second round. We are in the second round

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here in Brazil. It is a wonderful thing to continue to see. A United

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Nigeria have the talent to travel France, but they could also implode.

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Get the better of Didier Deschamps, and the manager will be an all

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African hero. But with defeat, even with his credentials, may come at a

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price. Nigeria warming up in Brasilia. 27

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degrees so that he'd could be a factor. This is the side that has

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been selected. The goalkeeper 21 clean sheets last

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season. The back four are unchanged. Babatunde is out with a broken wrist

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so Moses returns. Emenike is up front on his own.

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Ahmed Musa has caught everybody's attention, he was dynamic against

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Argentina? He has been the best player in the Premiership. His pace

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is ridiculous. He wants to get on sheep. He scored two against

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Argentina. He is running in behind and threatening. Yet an end

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product, get a shot art. With Windows, it is about whether they

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produce and he certainly has been. We see a lot of wide players playing

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on the opposite flanks cutting in. It was his third game that he came

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to life. If Nigeria play a little bit deeper and use the players they

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have got on the counterattack he can be a major threat. He is quick,

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Moses is quick and Odemwingie is quick. It is the first time two

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African nations have made the last 16. Have Nigeria got what it takes

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to become the fourth quarter finalists? It will be a big ask. If

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they play to their strengths, which I think is counter attacking that

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all, they will be in with a chance but they will have to play some

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I think is counter attacking that all, they will good

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I think is counter attacking that all, they will be foot ball. It

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hasn't always been straight forward for France against African

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opposition. There were beaten in 2002 by Senegal and then lost in

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2010 to South Africa. There has been a sense of unity returned since both

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those campaigns. He is a legend in France. France are

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the champions of Euro 2000. I played with him, I know what he is like. He

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was the type of guy that will make players lay better because he would

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have done the dirty work. Automatically, when you have a

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legend as a boss, automatically, you respect the guy. Didier Deschamps

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has that, to make people play better. He has that, and you can see

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the togetherness in the team. And they are performing.

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Interesting point he makes about the fact that Didier Deschamps has done

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it at the highest level, he has lifted the World Cup. Looking at

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some of the managers that you have played for, they were not

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necessarily like that, but were hugely successful. Fergie may beg to

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differ. But people like Arsene Wenger, Gerard Houllier, Roy

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Hodgson, so do you think it is an advantage being a great player? I

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think it is when you first go in the door, you get that automatic respect

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from the players. But then you have got to prove yourself and gain more

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respect from the players, that you are knowledgeable, you can control a

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group of guys who have got egos, and get them playing that way you want

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them to play, and you have a philosophy which you are going to

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abide by. So, you have got a lot to do once you have got in there. You

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have worked with Gerard Houllier, Roy Hodgson, and Mark Hughes, who

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was a top player, obviously, so how does it make you feel when you walk

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into a dressing room? I agree with Rio. They have already got you

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listening when you first walk in. With Mark Hughes, who had played at

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all of those massive clubs. With Roy Hodgson, he had to earn the respect,

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and it took him a couple of months before the lads were like, he knows

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what he is doing. You have still got to be good at your job. Arsene

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Wenger, when he came in, he looked like my geography teacher, with

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those glasses on. But the message he gave us on the pitch, the belief he

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gave us, it was fantastic. Did you take some convincing at the start?

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At the start, but it was clear on the training pitch, that is where he

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gave us the belief. The results were rolling into one. It is great to see

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Didier Deschamps coming on and doing well, we want former players to do

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well. France feature players from five of the top European leagues,

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including ten out of the 23 from the Premier League. Let's hear from

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three of them. COMMENTATOR: It would appear the

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French are flying through to the last 16. As a kid, I was playing in

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the street with my friends, in my garden. It is a phrase we used to

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use, playing in the World Cup one day. To be able to do that,

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especially in Brazil, it is amazing. Football is like a religion.

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Everybody is supporting us in France, it is something special, it

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is hard to describe. As a player, we just want to enjoy the moment and

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give them the best possible. It will be difficult, if you lose, you go

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home. Nigeria is a big team, they have a lot of quality.

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It is not going to be easy, it is going to be a tricky game, and they

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want to win as much as we want to win, so we have to do the maximum.

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We have to focus on ourselves and give our self for the team.

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This is the line-up Didier Deschamps has selected.

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Evra and Debuchy return at full-back. Mamadou Sakho is

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suffering from a knock. The front three is the same as the one which

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was so devastating against the Swiss. One player that I think a lot

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of us were looking forward to in this tournament, a young talent, is

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Paul Popper, who you know well, Rio, from Manchester United? Yes, every

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single member of the first team squad was in no doubt about how good

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this kid could be, and it was a disappointment that he left. It was

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definitely a mistake on behalf of Man United, because he told me

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briefly before he left, I want to be the best player in the world. I do

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not know if he will be that but he will definitely turn out to be the

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best midfielder in the world. What was it that he was not happy with? I

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think he did not play a particular game, and a few players were played

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out of position in his position, and he felt disrespected, and then

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agents and family members got involved. But it was quite clear to

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all of you how good a player he washe was doing things in training,

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it is beautiful, his touch is phenomenal. And he has got the eye

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to get his shot off. He did that day in, day out, in training. He has got

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the mix between the athleticism and the skill. And the RAM is a great

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defender as well. This guy reads the game so well. I sit and watch this

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guy with my son, I feel he is probably one of the best in the

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world. He reads things very well, he has got international sprinting

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ability. Here, he shows a bit of class, does not just kick it out. He

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has got everything. Tidy with his feet, he can change direction

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quickly. What I like about him as well, he does not necessarily want

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to get in a fight with anyone, he just wants to nick the ball and get

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the game going again. Sounds like someone sitting near me! To the left

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or the right?! Left! Mourinho has said he thinks this is probably the

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best young central defender in the game. The only thing is with his

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youth, is he going to make a mistake? I do not like seeing

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central defenders just rooting it into the crowd, but I do not like to

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see them overplaying it, either. So, how do you see this going? I think

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the French will have to much. In Benzema, they have got one of the

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best number nines in world football. He is clinical, irresistible when he

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is on his game. He could be one of the defining factors. Watching the

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first match, he has dropped a lot of weight, he shop. Another expectant

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crowd, they are really feeling these stadiums. I have been fortunate to

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do five or six games, and the atmosphere has not let me down in

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any of them. This is the best stadium I have been to, Gary,

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Brasilia. They have literally dug out the bottom tier and the

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angle... Is it finished?! Just about! But it makes for a fantastic

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atmosphere. Let's join our commentary team of Kevin Kilbane and

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Simon Brotherton. SIMON BROTHERTON: It seems to be a

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feast or famine with France in recent times. Finalists in 2006,

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home early four years ago, and now, a very promising start here in

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Brazil. Eight goals in the first two games, and expectations soaring.

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Nigeria have never made it through to the quarterfinals.

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# Allons enfants de la Patrie Le jour de gloire est arrive

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# Contre nous de la tyrannie, L'etendard sanglant est leve

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# Entendez-vous dans les campagnes Mugir ces feroces soldats

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# Aux armes, citoyens Formez vos bataillons

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# Qu'un sang impur Abreuve nos sillons

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The last five times the French have got out of the group stages, they

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have reached at least the semifinals.

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THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF NIGERIA PLAYS.

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Can Nigeria become only the fourth African team to reach the last

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eight, following on from Ghana four years ago, Senegal in 2002 and

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Cameroon back in 1990? Nigeria's preparations for the game have

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included and meant over bonus payments which required the

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intervention of

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