An email: “I’m watching from a small village about 40 minutes drive from Wiesbaden in Germany,” writes Tom Mason. “We have no Sam Matterface here and my German betrayed me, so I thought the cheering for the first pitch invsader was for Nelson Semedo coming on. I thought he may be a cult hero or something!
“Anyway, my wife and I saw this Turkey team play Japan in Belgium in October. It was like watching a team of university students (Japan) play a team of street hustlers (Turkey). I hope they progress though. They always bring colour to the party.”
