The Swiss deserved their win they controlled the tempo of the game and even though South Korea threatened on occassion they never built any momentum in this game.

The Swiss defense was solid even after Senderos went off injured.

It certainly sets up a dark horse quarter in one part of the last sixteen draw with Australia, Ukraine and Switzerland, all joining Italy.

The tournament will miss South Korea and its fans.

Apparently we will not have Tommy Smyth from here on in. It's a pity as I thought he was making good progress in his attempt to read to us almost word for word the entire World Cup 2006 Special Edition issued by World Soccer.

Croatia opened with a fantastic free kick goal from Srna. But after that it was all Australia.

The Aussies had a series of penalty appeals. When the penalty came it was another insane hand ball in the box.

Australian pinned Croatia back throughout the first half and looked like South Korea from four years ago.

There is a lesson here for other countries – Australia is not doing this by sitting back and defending but by playing a high pressure game. 

Kalac’s mistake on Kovac’s goal was the worst goalkeeping gaff of the World Cup so far.

Australia piled the pressure on but they couldn’t breakdown the Croatian back six – until Kewell struck, albeit offside.

Croatia finally threw players forward but couldn’t get the goal they desperately needed.

Simunic may have become the first player to collect three yellow cards in a game.

Finally a classic Tommy Smyth moment “it’s hard tell who has the extra man” – Adrian Healy “it is with 10 against 10”.

Tommy Smyth spent the first half telling us that the Tunisian left back Anis Ayari is a weak link. Ayari has just been substituted and now he tells us Ayari should be upset because he didn't play that badly.

And to think we ask referees to be consistent.