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Watching England play Brazil at my loft
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Watching England play Brazil at my loft
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Mike and me at Narita airport in Tokyo
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Me modelling one of our souvenirs, a World Cup fan, and Mike's flag
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The rather entertaining, and also frightening, instructions on the hi-tech toilet in our hotel room
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The toilet operating controls
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The weather report
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Rainy day in Shinjuku, Tokyo
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Typical Shinjuku scene
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Mike in Shinjuku
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Vending machines like this are everywhere
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I had to try some Pocari Sweat - it tastes better than the name sounds
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Pocari Sweat is very good for you!
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Getting my warpaint done
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Me and Mike before the semi-final: face paint courtesy of some make-up artists at the Yahoo pre-game party. I went for England and Brazil flags to go with my England shirt and Brazil cap
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Small Japanese England fans with large English England fan
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More international rapport
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Our pre-game party was at the hotel where the Brazil players were staying. Here one of the Brazil players (Kaka I believe), snaps a video of Peter Batty, who he spotted out of the window of the coach as they were leaving for the game
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Fireworks before the game (which came out pretty well, just snapped out of the window of our coach)
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Saitama stadium
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Mike and me at the game, with the teams warming up in the background
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One of the Turkish players stepping out of line
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Pre-game ceremonies
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The boys from Brazil
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Lots of Brazil shirts behind the goal
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About to kick off
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We're under way!
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The Turkish keeper Rustu in action as he was most of the evening - he had a great game
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Roberto Carlos taking a free kick
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Turkish free kick
