Good evening, everybody! Well, after literally hours of anticipation it’s finally time to get our coverage of the World Cup finals under way. We’ll be back at 7.00 (BST) with this very live-blog of the opening ceremony, and as soon as that’s done we’ll be back for the opening match of the tournament, which to be played between Brazil and Croatia in São Paulo at 9.00. In the meantime, here’s a small sample of World Cup opening ceremonies from days gone by.
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Indeed, Sepultura’s “Refuse resist” seems an appropriate soundtrack to the news footage of street protests in Brazil this week… And its going to be in my head all night now. Which is no bad thing, actually…
I went to Sao Paulo about ten years back. Not a single Sepultura t-shirt. AND I was looking. Pathetic.
I’m suitably impressed that there are two Sepultura fans reading this.
Fabio Cannavaro has just called Gary Lineker one of his “heroes.” The BBC’s anchorman called a hero on ITV. “Awkward silence of the tournament” award. Sorted.