@francis, those are exactly my toughts on the teams going thru

our group is quite nice.

Hey guys look at Paul Merson’s tips for teams to go through to the next stage:

Paul’s predictions – who will go through?
GROUP A: Mexico and France
GROUP B: Nigeria and Argentina
GROUP C: England and USA
GROUP D: Ghana and Australia
GROUP E: Holland and Denmark
GROUP F: Italy and Paraguay
GROUP G: Brazil and Ivory Coast
GROUP H: Spain and Chile

What are your thougths?

Well England will still have to go through Group as follows

Group D – D1. Germany, D2. Australia, D3. Serbia, D4. Ghana

And it will not be easy

Interesting to see Bendtner, Song and RvP meet up!! England should be fine to go thru to the next round and Group G is surely the group of death!!

Group A – A1. South Africa, A2. Mexico, A3. Uraguay, A4 France
Group B – B1. Argentina, B2. Nigeria, B3. South Korea, B4 Greece
Group C – C1. England, C2. USA, C3. Algeria, C4. Slovenia
Group D – D1. Germany, D2. Australia, D3. Serbia, D4. Ghana
Group E – E1. Holland, E2. Denmark, E3 Japan, E4 Cameroon
Group F – F1. Italy, F2. Paraguay, F3. New Zealand, F4. Slovakia
Group G – G1. Brazil, G2. North Korea, G3. Ivory Coast, G4. Portugal
Group H – H1. Spain, H2. Switzerland, H3. Honduras, H4. Chile

Now the audience are being welcomed by the great Nelson Mandela, a key figure in securing the FIFA World Cup for South Africa. The Nobel Peace prize-winning former president, 91, said in a special video message: “We feel privileged and humbled that South Africa has been given this singular honour of being the African host country. We must strive for excellence in our hosting of the World Cup, while at the same time, ensuring that we are going to  leave a lasting benefit to all our people.”

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At the CTICC, the show has just kicked off with award-winning musician Johnny Clegg performing ‘Scatterlings of Africa’, a song made famous by the movie Rain Main.