PENS GET HOSTS OUT OF THE WEBB

What a great World Cup so far. It can get better of course but this first knock out tie has kept us glued to the set. Casualty viewers will be down. So the hosts are still in, just, and Howard Webb's correct but controversial decision over Hulk's goal may well be forgotten. With the memory of Howard's performance in South Africa still fresh in our minds, he really did not need another issue. But all credit to our man from South Yorkshire (see previous blog!!) and his team; he kept 22 men on the pitch and the game did not end up in a brawl. Great opener and will Brazil go much further without a proper goal scorer?