Terry Butcher
Ex-England captain on BBC Radio 5 live

This team has played together before so I'm happy with that. There's enough attacking power there.

We're better in every department than the Colombians and I think if we approach the game in the right way and be positive - which I think the players have been - then we should be fine.

Henry Winter
The Times' Chief Football Writer on BBC Radio 5 live

I think Roberto Martinez would've lost his job last night. Parts of the Belgian media aren't impressed with him and I think there would have been an appetite for change.

The substitutions were key and what a second half. It's the World Cup that keeps on giving.

What a counter attack that was. The thought from Kevin de Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku - and the finish as well - was just fabulous.

One thing we learnt from last night's game is that substitutions can be crucial in knockout football...

Jonathan Pearce
BBC Match of the Day commentator

We were watching the game and said "get Marouane Fellaini on." Belgium needed something physical and found their rhythm after that.

From the moment the goalkeeper threw the ball out for the winning goal, you knew they were going to score.

The two Japanese goals were exceptional quality but I think we need big teams in the tournament and Belgium are one of the best we've got.

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Captain Harry Kane remains the World Cup's leading goalscorer so is the key man for England tonight, but if the game remains tight in the closing stages, does Gareth Southgate have an impact player he can use from the bench? You know, someone like Marouane Fellaini...

Anon: My work has swapped me from a late shift to an early for today, couldn't be happier! Now get to go home and cheer the boys to a comfortable 3-1 win (hopefully)

Anon: Not even 10am and I've spent more time on the BBC Sport webpage than any other. It's a skill switching screens when your boss is walking around! 2-0 England! C'mon lads

That's the spirit, but remember to let me know who you are folks

Alex, Glossop: Where do you stand on Neymar? Preferably on his neck.

Craig Sawdon-Mckay: Displaying that level of agony, for a second I actually thought Neymar jr had stood on an unexplored bomb,then I realised this was his entry for the prestigious 'fallon de floor' award.

Sean: Personally I'm very much looking forward to seeing Vincent Kompany show Neymar what a real challenge feels like. Just to remind him what actual competition is...unlike the year off he's just had.

John H: The linesman must be Iron-man, as his foot gets trod on at the same time he didn't even flinch!

John G, Surbiton: When the Drog speaks WE ALL listen. Even the fair Scottish clans. I may be a Gooner but I respect the Drog. I am attentive to his prognostications. Ladies and Gentlemen, Le Drog declares "It's coming home". We shalt gather the bunting and declare a jamboree.

BBC pundit Didier Drogba thinks that football IS coming home...but, according to the former Chelsea striker, it never left!

I was also at a gig in London over the weekend and people everywhere were saying it - and singing it....at the concert, on the tube, in the pub.

So, I'm asking you now, 'is football coming home?'

Why do I ask? Because I'd like to tell you a little story about a friend of mine...

He's a Mancunian who's been working in London for just over a year and in all that time a fellow passenger had never spoken to him on the bus...until yesterday.

What did the stranger say? Just three words, that's it. Yep, you've guessed 'it's coming home'.

He sat down next to my mate, said 'it's coming home', then got off at the next stop.

52 years after their only previous win, could this be a sign the World Cup is coming back to England?

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Right folks, we've touched on it a little bit so far but I can't put it off much longer. May I remind you, England are playing tonight!! So let's hear from an England legend...

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Garry Luke: In 1999, Glentoran were in a tense race for the Irish Premier League title, and in a 'must-win' game were trailing Coleraine 4-1, with 13 minutes left. Final score? 5-4 to Glentoran. The league championship soon followed!

Glen Maddern: Timmy Cahill pinging it off both posts in the 89th minute for Australia against Japan in 2006 is our nation’s greatest sporting moment. 1-0 down with 6 mins to go & we won 3-1!

Josh, London: West Ham's last game at Upton Park should be in mix. 2-1 down, Winston Reid with a towering header in the 80th minute to win it 3-2 and send the crowd into delirium. A fairytale ending to 112 years.

Wayne Ellis: Feels weird to see a Brazil side dragging down a World Cup instead of enhancing it. I actually want Belgium to beat them.

Sugarman Sam: Neymar will never get close to Ronaldo or Messi with those theatrics - it's a disgrace to the game. He needs to stop behaving like a petulant child and referees need to punish him.

Dave Bailey: My Scots friend - not into football that much, always said that any player writhing around looking as if they were seriously hurt, should be stretchered straight into an ambulance and taken to the nearest hospital - reckon that would stop the writh count.

Jon Anderson: Given his pain threshold, does Neymar have a general anaesthetic when he has his tattoos done?

Vincenzo Re: If players roll around suggesting serious injury they should be made to go off the pitch for 5 minutes to get "treatment", and the team reduced to 10 men for the duration.

David Whale: Neymar doesn't react initially as he thinks it's the match official who has stood on him accidentally. He glances up, sees the socks and then plays silly salmon. I think this sort of play acting is a bookable. Great talent, shameful play. Bring back Socrates.

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I'm afraid those three words are going to be uttered a fair bit here over the next few hours, Simon.

But first, let's see what else you've had to say about Neymar...

Park the Mic: Is any work actually getting done today? The nation's is on countdown to 7.

Will Carrick:Not been this excited about an England game in years! 4am start for us in Sydney pretty grim but what a way to start the day....IF we win.

Simon Mossman: Can everyone cool their rhetoric re. "Football's coming home" and "England can go all the way". There is a hard task immediately ahead.

And here's how the Samurai Blue's exit went down back home...

“We saw a dream that made our hearts flutter,” said the Nikkei newspaper, external.

“If we leave the question of victory or defeat aside, it would be fair to say it was the first exciting and entertaining for Japan performance of the World Cup… it leaves a bud of hope behind.”

“It was the day when Japan’s journey to overcome upcoming obstacles began,” added the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun, external.

Sankei Shimbun, external said “there is certainly a gap in physical ability (between Japan and the West),” but notes that “there are constant efforts to narrow this gap. As the Japanese player Maya Yoshida said, this is not the end.”

The Asahi Shimbun, external newspaper carries comments from fans. “We are happy to finish our last match with such a great performance,” said one.

Adam J: Hindsight is 20/20, people will say Japan should've shut up shop at 2-0. But their best form of defence was attack, and they wanted to put on a show for their fans after the Poland farce. And boy, did they ever. They gambled and went for it, and it so nearly worked.