Day five and as World Cup Daily measures up the action, like a new set of curtains, James Richardson has a double-lined panel including Paolo Bandini and Paul Doyle. Top of the agenda was the plucky North Korean battle against the mighty Brazilian team who had to show their quality to win 2-1.
Colin Peacock from Radio New Zealand tells us how it felt for those other underdogs, the All Whites, as they stole a draw against Slovakia and Tom Kundert from portugoal.net reveals the nervous twitches in Lisbon as Portugal fans consider their less-than sparkling performance against the Ivorians.
Looking forward to the host nation's second fixture Owen Gibson reports from Johannesburg about South Africa's game against Uruguay and the expected euphoria should they triumph.
All that and of course our fans insightful comments and criticisms.
