By Myles Palmer
Paraguay play Germany tomorrow morning and they have Roque Santa Cruz at centre forward, a Bayern striker who knows the German team inside out.
John, my gambling greengrocer, had a £25 treble today: Japan, Belgium and South Korea.
He won £480, so he gave his girlfriend £350 towards her flight to Brazil and put a ton on Paraguay.
“It’s almost 6-1, Myles!” he said.
John wins more than he loses. A very smart gambler.
The bookies think nobody can beat Germany in a match like this.
But this World Cup is a topsy-turvy tournament.
A few big guns have fallen silent already.
7.45 pm Friday 14th June.