?The Kaiser? none other than the one and only double world cup winner Franz Beckenbauer has accused England of ?kick and run? ?The F?hrer of German footy got his Lederhosen all in a twist yesterday ?."What I saw from the English in their 1-1 draw against the United States had very little to do with football, It looked to me as if the English have gone backwards into the bad old times of kick and rush. I am not sure if the England coach Fabio Capello can still change much there. The English are being punished for the fact that there are very few English players in the Premier League clubs as they use better foreign players from all over the world."??

Poor old Franz will be shouting he is seeing spitfires over Berlin again, he can?t resist having a go ?.Germany's 4-0 decapitation of Australia has gone straight to what remains of the fussballing Gruppenf?hrers grey matter, well if one holds his head at a angle and shaking vigorously that rattling sound is what is left of Herr Beckenbauer thinking tackle?..

Honda ?the happy? certainly gave the Japanese team a motivational master class yesterday raising the spirits of coach Okada who feels Japan can make the last four, however it was Honda, 24 last Sunday, that mused "It is not just about me. Our team has not had good results but we got it right when it mattered??.

So what footy delights is in store today? firstly Ivory Coast v Portugal ?.Well, Senor K FiFa ranked Portugal third in the world, and enter the world cup with a clean sheet for the last 20 months ?..but hold on to your dingle dangles because Cristiano Ron-ego the world's most expensive footballer has failed to hit the target since early 2009 and was a little ?limp wristed? in the warming up matches , so we could be in for a few surprises?..

But the group of death has a much more tantalising treat on offer ?. Brazil v North Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea)?With all the cancelled press conferences, the behind closed doors training sessions, and the trench coat diplomacy, this evening, London time, will reveal just what manager Kim Jog- Hun tactically has hidden up his sleeve?.. And yes Kayo-kola according to my world cup almanac, (not sure on that spelling), North Korea reached the last eight in 1966??And yesterday Kim Jog- Hun let slip that proud great leader Kim Jong-il, when he is not do his level best to start world war three, has been keen to offer his coach via mobile phone the benefit of his tactical advise, shoot the Goalkeeper was recently over heard.. ??.It is unclear how many fans will be present from the North, but apparently a number of fans will travel from the Korean community in Japan, plus the few from the Beijing office North Korean sports committee? I can?t wait for this because Kim Jog- Hun has dismiss Brazil who are universally accepted as the most successful country in world cup history after winning the cup five times crossing five different generations?. ??.doesn?t it make your spine tingle ?