Well I Enjoyed Myself.

And I suppose that's the main thing.

Today the 2014 World Cup saw the opening of Group H  - for "f' Hell, that's going to be difficult to get out of." Proceedings began with Belgium versus Algeria. Prior to the start of the tournament Belgium had been widely tipped as "The Dark Horse" meaning that while there's no good reason why they should be winners a lot of people thought they might be extraordinarily lucky and eventually lift the trophy. This made me immediately hate them so imagine my joy when Algeria went ahead when Ferghouli was pulled over in the box at around 20 minutes and a penalty was fairly awarded. Ferghouli duly converted said penalty. Unfortunately after almost a whole game of struggle Fellaini equalised for Belgium on 70 minutes and Mertens netted the winner on 80 minutes.

However my important realisation following the equaliser is that Felliani's celebration revealed that at least two white Belgian fans had decided to paint their faces entirely black before attending the game. Added to multiple Belgian fans - both at the game and on Twitter - who had painted their faces with the Tricolour of the Belgian flag only to leave the yellow stripe blank in favour of their white skin this gave me the impression that Belgian fans are extremely racist. After all by putting white skin at the centre of the Belgian flag they seem to be saying that only whites can be true Belgians. I'm sure they will try to argue this away as an attempt to promote discussion about immigration from Belgium's former colonies in Africa. However as a resident of the European Union (EU) I remain confident that the upper echelons of the Belgium Establishment are indeed extremely racist.

Then - for no apparent reason - the World Cup decided to move onto the first, second game of Group A which saw Brazil take on Mexico. Obviously being something of a local derby between two of the best teams in South America this was something of a tight affair. So much so that at one point I was debating whether I could explain the difference between metatarsals and naviculars on Twitter - after all being South Americans they do enjoy making a meal of a tackle. I think the excuse for scheduling the game at this time was that everybody would be on a siesta. The players certainly looked like they were and it finished in a 0-0 draw. This is massive news for Mexico who now lead the group with 4 points hugely increasing both their chances of getting out of the group and avoiding the Netherlands in the last 16.

Eventually we got back to Group H with the game between Russia and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Played in high humidity the first half of this game was useless. In part I think this was probably my fault along with alleged 2016 US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton taking part in a 1 hour live "Town Hall Meeting" on CNN international. This was followed by an hour long recorded interview with FOX News domestic with the intention being to confuse people which was recorded and which was live.

Fortunately the game came alive on 68 minutes when South Korea's Lee Keun-ho blasted the ball at the Russian goal keeper from about 30 yards out. Initially Akinfeev parried the ball up only for it to gradually and slowly make its way over his head before he bundled it over the line for goal so humiliating that everyone assumed it must have been a fix. However showing the kind of passion that suggests Akinfeev may well be getting beaten up by his teammates Kerzhakov reacted first from a spill by the Korean 'keeper to level it for Russia on 80 minutes.

Sadly neither team were able to push home a winner in the last 10 minutes so 1-1 it ended.

00:35 on 18/6/14 (UK date).