61.   The result makes it very difficult for Rangers to qualify for the lucrative Champions League stage of group games although several other teams will find it even tougher.

62.   The second round of group games started Tuesday with cup favorite Brazil facing Morocco in Nantes and Scotland meeting Norway at Bordeaux.

63.   There, Blazevic deliberately sent on a weak team that lost the last group game against Portugal and gave Croatia his preferred opponent, Germany, in the quarterfinals.

64.   Unlike in the World Cup finals, the seeded teams will play all their group games in the same venues.

65.   Whether Spain is definitely qualified and whether Croatia is ousted will depend on the outcome of later group games on the final day of the second round.

66.   We know them from the first of our group games, so we know their strengths and weaknesses.

67.   We had to play group games mostly, and sometimes it was difficult getting everyone to take part, but we struggled through.

68.   Whether Spain is definitely qualified will depend on the outcome of later group games on the final day of the second round.

69.   Fiji will face the Australians in the most eagerly-awaited quarter-final, with neither side unduly troubled as they cantered through their group games.

70.   Gatien was the only major casualty in the final group games.