Oh dear. After Senderos went off it felt like a sign that Spain's seemingly endless ascendancy would inevitably result in a brace of goals. But as the broadcast team pointed out, the Swiss kept clean sheets in all four of their matches last time around (aside from being eliminated on penalty kicks). They may well have the best team defense in the tournament. If they can beat Spain, no reason to believe they can't earn scoreless draws or better against Chile and Los Catrachos.

Forlan was a force in the late game. Looks like Uruguay are through. Shame about RSAs almost certain claim to the ignominious legacy of being the only host not to make it out of the round robin. The best thing about Honduras was the English translation of their national anthem: "Your flag is a splendor of sky".

Memorable British footballisms today included Gelson Fernandes' "scruffy strike", and “not that he knew too much about it” in reference to Beausejour's game winning tally. I also quite enjoy British people's fearless and continued use of the word "normal".

France/Mexico looks to be tomorrow's standout match, though I'm interested to see how the South Korean's make out.