Group C: ITA-BRA-AUS-JAM

[Felicity, I guess so]

Noticeable make-up: Greenwood the Eng defender has very large false eyelashes

[Fussbudget]

A couple of the Germans were wearing lipstick the other day, though not as dark so less noticeable.

Alex Greenwood wears false eyelashes when playing, which is pretty hardcore as commitment to makeup goes.

[Fussbudget]

Slow typing strikes again, gah.

[Amor de Cosmos]

This is way better than most recent Brazil/Italy men's encounters.

[Fussbudget]

Janik is definitely going to ding you for this.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Janik is definitely going to ding you for this.

Heh. It's OK, I can handle another ding-scar.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Pity about the pen. Hate the bastards.

[ChrisJ]

Pity about the pen. Hate the bastards.

Penalties or Brazilians?

[ChrisJ]

Edit - smiley thing.

[Diable Rouge]

Looking like the third-placers in E and F will be booking their flights home as things stand.

[Diable Rouge]

Of course, third in England's group could have a low tally, but Argentina are more likely than Scotland to garner a win in that fixture, going by form.

[multipleman78]

Chile will probably do enough v Thailand to get through.

[Patrick Thistle]

Another howler of a keeper error in the JAM-AUS game.

[Patrick Thistle]

Italy seemed like a very good passing team

[Janik]

They do. Daft penalty to give away though.

And for Amor, I came across a neat phrase recently (can't remember who it was writing, but I'm 99% sure it was a Woman) for what I was fumbling at pre-tournament - "Don't frame Women's Football in the context of the Men's game."

[Amor de Cosmos]

I do absolutely agree with that. My comment was really more about the twenty-two players wearing blue and yellow today, putting on a more thrilling and entertaining display than I've seen from other players wearing the same shirts in recent times.

[imp]

This is way better than most recent Brazil/Italy men's encounters.

It wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. I enjoyed that it was a close game that both teams seemed to prepare to try and win, because there haven't been many games like that so far. But Italy were disappointing in the second half, and both teams made a lot of really amateurish, careless errors. They both deserve to qualify, but they're not good enough to get beyond a round or, given Italy's likely opponents, two. But there's great individual quality in the Italian team, maybe they just need more time together. Brazil's squad is strikingly old, although Debinha was a delight to watch in patches.

[tee rex]

Chile will probably do enough v Thailand to get through.

They go last, so Cameroon/NZ/Nigeria/whoever will be pinning their hopes on the Thai goalkeeper having the game of her life.

Meanwhile, Italy have provided another Guardian "Knowledge" question, with seven G's in their starting line-up. Beat that.