It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Have you got money on them tonight RF? Rooney in Carroll out as expected.

England: Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner, Gerrard, Parker, Young, Rooney, Welbeck. Subs: Green, Kelly, Walcott, Henderson, Carroll, Baines, Jones, Jagielka, Downing, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Defoe, Butland.

Ukraine: Pyatov, Gusev, Khacheridi, Selin, Rakitskiy, Yarmolenko, Tymoschuk, Konoplianka, Garmash, Devic, Milevskiy. Subs: Koval, Kucher, Shevchenko, Aliev, Voronin, Shevchuk, Rotan, Seleznyov, Mykhalyk, Nazarenko, Butko, Goryainov.

Yes.....I must be bonkers.... but England to win ....

I doubt we will be going much further!

Well done lads...bravo !......big chance now of making the semifinals !.....and we won the group tonight....great stuff !.....

Well I never.. have one on me

Thought Parker was magnificent, he is going to need the extra day to recover. So far so good. Obviously far better to play Italy than Spain, If the Italians are mad enough to play Balloteli let's just hope Terry's a bit more subtle in winding the head the ball up, every time I see Balloteli he's got 'sent off' written all over him.

Italy will not be easy...far from it....but England are growing into this competition....

I'm I the only one here who thinks we were at best - mediocre? Rooney was so out of form as to almost be a liability - yes I know he scored the winner, but that was more by luck than judgement. And our defence!

England are shite skinny, but we knew that before the competition. So it's great that they have got this far. :O)

A bit harsh.....we need to retain the ball better.....5 days rest is just what they need...that extra day could make all the difference...don't forget that was an away game last night...so it was a major result against a good side...and to be fair England stand a better chance against Italy than Spain....it will be incredibly difficult as Italy have some tremendously talented players and form a very compact group....Dil ! don't shred your euro wallchart planner just yet !...

So long as England beat Italy I don't care what happens after that. Well, I do, but expectations are not high. Italian football is about as dull and littered with theatrical dives (or even divas) as I can think of.

England have been dining out on the short term "new manager boost" that can happen when a new man at the top is appointed, so a lot of credit goes to Roy Hodgson from me. How much longer that lasts is anyones guess, Very unlikely to beat Italy though in my view.. but you never know.

Can't see the Greeks getting past Merkel's lot tonight.....(just as difficult as getting an extra loan).......

True.. but remember Russia?

Why did they get a morgage from her ?...it's Portugal-Czech Republic tonight....sorry.....

Ronaldo just needs a couple of dracula teeth to fit the transylvanian bill tonight !.....and I bet that the Portugese manager does a very good Jerry Lewis imitation !.....looks like extra time now for Portugal-Czech Republic !...

Very much like Brazil in syle this Portugese team.....can't say they look the best in europe : the Spanish, Italians, Germans and French all look better....

Can't see Portugal getting past Spain in the semis...but tonight Ronaldo was superb !...

You lot worry too much , England are no Brazil but they are better than Italy man for man and as a team.

I'm looking foward to the penalty shoot out with Germany :-)

In which case, I'm sure Gareth Southgate would step up to the mark - for a pizza of course! :-)

A few more here - Ten Biggest Misses Ever During a Penalty Shootout