They weren't awful, but they were disappointing, especially the defence. They'll just have to do what Croatia did after their first game and improve for the next one and the possible quarter-final that follows. Germany (or Italy) are not automatically rubbish yet because they lost just as much as Holland and Spain aren't suddenly nailed on dead certainties to win it.

And if you're embarrassed now, imagine how I felt being Greek Cypriot after that Greece game!

Back to the group of death tomorrow