Ivory Coast 3 Serbia & Montenegro 2

I already knew the result of this game before it was shown on SBS. If I didn't I would have probably gone back to bed. I need more than four hours of sleep a day which is what I seem to be getting at the moment.

I can't remember the name of the commentator but I recognised his voice. I think he used to commentate on crappy League football in the UK. He sounded like Peter Brackley. He pissed me right off.

Mikey questioned the use of the name "Côte d'Ivoire" here. Well this guy used it so much I nearly turned the bloody coverage off. It's not the name that I mind, but rather the way this guy said it. There was just something about it that got under my skin. He could have at least tried to do it in a French accent. But I think he came from the Midlands so it was shite. I have no idea why he couldn't use the name "Ivory Coast". He called them "Ivories" when suggesting that they had been "tinkered with", so why not call them "Ivoires"? He also called them "Ivorians".

It was a cracking game though - five goals, lots of yellow cards, a couple of reds, a couple of penalties and some fantastic sliding tackles not seen since Hope FC drew with Nailsea in the pouring rain in the Bristol Churches League equivalent of "El Classico". How we deserved to beat them on that evening.