1.   My C game puts me on an airplane on Friday.

2.   To borrow a phrase from Tiger Woods, I went out and played my C game and we still won.

3.   While an underdog against New Zealand, Ireland hopes to defeat Japan and Wales in subsequent pool C games to advance to the quarterfinals.

4.   But Japanese captain Masahiro Kunda was close-mouthed on the decisions after this World Cup pool C game.

5.   Chile have performed poorly in the cup, losing both their group C games played so far to the United States and Argentina.

6.   Colombia play Peru in another group C game earlier in the day while Mexico face Paraguay in a group A game at Maldonado later on Thursday.