World Cup fans show us their essential and stinky items

Fans from around the world are starting to arrive in Brazil for the World Cup.

Among the 25,000 England fans expected to make the journey will be eight mates from south London who are heading to their first major tournament.

Three of them Rob, Danny and Dan showed Newsbeat the essentials they're packing which include lucky underwear, books on penalties and some cheese.

The World Cup starts on Thursday with Brazil playing Croatia in Sao Paulo.

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