Pics from the action between Italy and Paraguay on Monday (14 June):
The Cape Town stadium outside, flippin' freeeezing. It must have been at least minus-10 degrees.
Singing the national anthem, which I didn't need earplugs for. I took plugs with 'cos of all the "you'll never hear again" blah blah, but didn't need them. I forgot that I had them they were so unecessary. The sound in the stadium with the Vuvuzela's wasn't ear-numbing at all - have no clue why everyone's getting so outraged about them.
Media-photographers lined up on the field for the perfect shot. You could see they all felt very squashed and wanted to smack each other out of the way. There was a very aggro moment between the two at the end, closest to us.