FIRST SHOT.

My opening thoughts?
I'm really thrilled with the fact that most of the world's best strikers will be on display in Germany. I'm particularly looking forward to seeing three of my favourite strikers, Michael Owen, Henrrich Larrsson and Hernan Crespo in action; there's lots more comments about them coming up later. I'm pleased to learn that Wayne Rooney has been confirmed injury-free and is finally in the England squad, but he's clearly not 100% fit for the tourney, and I hope the manager will not be tempted to introduce him before the second round-except perhaps a 30minute run-out against Sweden. England may not have looked convincing in today's opening game against Paraguay, but with a win already in the bag, they should be planning for the second round.