Simon Kuper: Brazilian football has moved from poetry into prose
Familiar pattern emerging in Capello's reign
Will fans just have to accept diving?
Rob Hughes: cracks in the European camps
Tim Vickery: South American stars shine
Zonal Marking: Brazil always in control against Ivory Coast, Portugal exploits the space against North Korea
Gabriele Marcotti: Denmark's Simon Kjaer is a throwback to the ball-playing defenders of old