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Fifa's head of refereeing has declined to criticise Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura for awarding a controversial penalty in Brazil's opening World Cup win over Croatia.

Massimo Busacca only went as far as to say "we are human… there is not one human in life that has not committed a mistake". Busacca said Nishimura "had a very good position" to judge whether Fred had been fouled by Croatia's Dejan Lovren.

David James once blamed his poor form in goal for Liverpool on spending too much time playing video game.

Perhaps the Spanish have been spending too much time using in-vision internet.

Before their team's heavy defeat to the Netherlands, Juan Mata and Javi Martinez, who didn't play in the match, donned Google Glass headwear to show a first person view of what it is like to be a fabulously talented footballer. , external

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Fifa has opened a disciplinary case against the Argentina FA in response to an incident in which players displayed a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands.

The Argentina team posed with a banner supporting a campaign to claim sovereignty of the British Overseas Territory before a 2-0 friendly win against Slovenia in La Plata on 7 June.

He still has some to go to match the late, great Paul the Octopus, but Demian Allan, the President of the British Astrological Psychic Society, has made an impressive start to the tournament.

Before the Netherlands' 5-1 victory over defending champions Spain, he predicted a game-changing moment for the Dutch at 21:10 BST. Arjen Robben's goal, to put his side 2-1 up, hit the net right on time.

Did last night's defeat mark the end of Spain's dominance of major tournaments and their distinctive style of football? Get involved via Twitter, external, text on 81111 and BBC Sport Facebook., external

Ryan, Brighton: It's evolution not revolution. Possession football isn't dead but moved on from tika taka to fast paced counter attacking - possession with a purpose.

Chris Mooney: Adios to the Spanish careers of Casillas, Xavi, Alonso and Torres. Time for new blood. De Gea, Koke, Mata and Pedro to start

Andy in Armagh: Bayern Munich showed Barcelona that tiki-taka football was outdated in the Champions League a couple of seasons ago, Real Madrid then did the same to Pep Guardiola's own Bayern Munich last season. Now the Netherlands have dismantled Spain at the World Cup with their direct, attacking brand of football. I think we've seen the end of tiki-taka and I for one am glad to see the back of it.

In another case of social media mistaken identity, Marcello Ferri, a UK-based model with the Twitter name @Marcello,, external was inundated with scathing tweets after Brazilian namesake Marcelo scored an own goal in the World Cup's opening game.

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Former Everton midfielder Tim Cahill scored Australia's only goal with a trademark header in a 3-1 defeat to Chile last night, an event that set caused a number of things.

It meant that the 34-year-old has now scored more goals in World Cup finals than Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi combined.

Cahill, now with New York Red Bulls, has now scored goals on all six footballing continents.

England defender Gary Cahill was the fifth most tweeted player on Friday as Twitter users got confused.

Robbie Savage
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Last night's game between Mexico and Cameroon was notable for two disallowed goals that were wrongly chalked off for offiside. Robbie Savage was apoplectic with the decisions.

"What on earth are these officials doing? That linesman should be dropped from the World Cup. I just don't understand it. There is no contact on the keeper when the ball comes in and it's gone straight on to the player's head. That's two goals Mexico have been denied. It's an absolute joke."

Another Dutch publication offers a more simplistic reaction to last night's game.

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The best of last night's reaction to the Netherlands' victory, along with the thorny question of who should start in the number 10 role for England tonight, is boiled down and served up on BBC Radio 5 live's World Cup Social podcast with Mark Chapman, Tony Pulis, John Murray and Steve Claridge.

The Dutch press have been lauding their side's victory over world champions Spain. It does not take a rocket scientist to translate the Telegraph's front-page headline.

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John McEnerney:, external Don't think Spa are finished but like Barcelona teams have the measure of them! 6 years of success has taken it's toll on the key men

David Afriyie Osei:, external This is the end Spanish dominance. Netherland and Chile will go through from this group

But there was not getting away from the big story. Spain's emphatic defeat, following Barcelona's failure to lift a major trophy this season, has many reading the last rites over their distinctive tiki-taka passing style.

BBC Sport's David Ornstein thinks that it may be a change of personnel rather than philosophy that is coming up.

"From speaking to a number of Spanish journalists, the overwhelming feeling is that the philosophy is tried and trusted, has become a part of the national identity and is here to stay," he writes in his latest feature.

"What is clear, however, is that Del Bosque's existing crop are possibly losing the ability and hunger to execute their methods to the level that has brought them many accolades and admirers over the past six years."

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In last night's other games in Brazil, Mexico edged a narrow affair over Cameroon courtesy of a strike from forward Oribe Peralta while Chile defeated Australia 3-1. Highlights of both are at the top of this page.

Mexico's victory over Cameroon was notable for two disallowed goals from Giovani Dos Santos which were wrongly chalked off for offside.

Meanwhile, Barcelona's in-form attacker Alexis Sanchez scored one and set up the other in Chile's success.

They are Spain's opposition in their next group game. What a game that will be. Wednesday 18 June 20:00 BST, BBC One, 5 live and online. Be there.

The good stuff just keeps on coming.

In addition to three World Cup matches, including England's opener against Italy, there is a host of other live sport to keep you guessing and watching up until then.

Here's how we roll:

England take on New Zealand in the second rugby union Test in Dunedin from 08:35 BST. Live text and radio coverage is already up and running.

England's cricketers resume the first Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's from 11:00 BST with TMS on Radio 5 live Sports Extra and live text commentary on this website.

Semi-final tennis, including Stanislas Wawrinka against Grigor Dimitrov, from Queen's Club from 13:20 BST, live on BBC Two.

US Open golf third round gets under way at Pinehurst, North Carolina and we'll have live commentary on Radio 5 live Sports Extra from 21:00 BST and live text commentary on the website from 16:00 BST.

Colombia v Greece in Group C of the football World Cup from 17:00 BST, live on BBC One, radio 5 live and this website.

Uruguay v Costa Rica in Group D in Fortaleza from 20:00 BST, live on radio 5 live and the BBC Sport website.

England v Italy in Group D in Manaus from 23:00 BST, live on BBC One, radio 5 live and the BBC Sport website.

Netherlands winger Arjen Robben

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"This was a great game, this is why you play football to play these games. No one would have dreamed about a result like this. We have very good team spirit, physically we are fit, we are strong, we kept together, took our chances and it was a deserved win."

Tony Pulis
Former Stoke manager on BBC Radio 5 live

"Vicente Del Bosque is working with players he has known for a long, long time. I don't think he will need to tell them how poor they were in the second half. They have to dust themselves down.

"They got beaten first time round [at the 2010 World Cup by Switzerland], although not the hammering they got here."

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'Ridiculous to start' is the headline in Spanish newspaper Sport along with one of the strongest images of the World Cup so far - a dejected Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas.

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One of the players picked out by Alan Shearer and the rest of the BBC Sport pundits in last night's match was Ajax midfielder, and son of Danny, Daley Blind.

The 24-year-old created more chances (four), had more touches (66), made more successful passes (36) than any other Dutch player.

Former England and Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand

"If they has had cameras on us in the studio they would have seen us jumping around. Some of the goals we have seen have been sensational, to see Arjen Robben running past a world-class defender like Sergio Ramos and putting it in the back of the net like he did, that is the sort of thing you want to see at a World Cup and it was in abundance tonight.

"I think Louis van Gaal has set himself a high standard there for Manchester United! If he keeps that up, the Manchester United fans will be very happy."