Dan Bardell

Hello.

I mean, Birmingham is not the most glamorous of places at the best of times, let alone when you're all where you are.

Yeah, like Barney said, I mean, it was backs to the wall at times, but the way they defended was actually pretty measured.

And I just felt like they had a good game plan.

And when you have a game plan like that to get a result, everything almost has to go impeccably.

And it did.

I mean, Barney again mentions Spain malfunctioning.

It's not the best version of Spain that we've ever seen, but Cape Verde took complete advantage of that and got a result that they'll remember forever.

The World Cup isn't won or lost in a single game.

It isn't won or lost in a day and I'm sure Spain will get better and they've got players missing that obviously make a huge difference to their team.

But it did feel like they just kept trying the same thing over and over again.

They were the 2-3-5 in build-up but the 5 always looked very static to me.

They've obviously got the solutions on the bench and when they're fully fit they'll come into the team.

I just thought Spain's selection didn't really suit the game either and actually played into Cape Verde's hands a little bit because Llorente at right-back, he played the game like a traditional right-back.

So if they were going to do that, I would have thought Pedro Porro swinging some crosses into the box, who's got a good delivery.

would have been more beneficial than some of the players they had out there.

But Spain were poor, but you can't take anything away from Cape Verde.

I know that's cliche, but they were absolutely sensational.

And in my time, I can't remember a bigger upset in a World Cup.

It's amazing.