World Cup Podcast: Japan clean up as Germany head home

Shay Given joins Mikey Stafford and Rob Wright for another mind-bending bout of double-screening as Japan's win over Spain eliminated Germany, despite their win over Costa Rica.

At one stage it looked like Japan and Costa Rica were going to go through at the expense of the European heavyweights, but Kai Havertz did Spain a favour with a brace of goals.

Shay reacts to Roberto Martinez departure after Belgium's disappointing exit, where Kevin De Bruyne finally found some form, only for Romelu Lukaku to have a game to forget.

Morocco are the first African side to top a group since Nigeria in 1998 and will face Spain, who Rob suspects were happy to lose to the Blue Samurai to avoid Group F runners-up Croatia.

A look ahead to Friday's games focussed on Luis Suarez and his reunion with the country of Ghana, who supposedly view him as the antichrist after his 2010 quarter-final handball. The Uruguayan striker was predictably unfussed by this view at a pre-match press conference.

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