The new representatives from Africa have a point to prove: Togo and South Africa should be very good adversaries in their respective groups.

The English have come here to take the Cup back to England and their people may be adding pressure to a team that already has had problems.

The French who are hoping to regain their place at the top have all to play for.

The Brazilians are favoured to win again, but they still have to do the job, game after game.

The first whistle will have set off a race that like any horse race, once started it’s any ones race once you do the business.

We’ll see who has what it takes to raise the cup ...