Colombia 2 United States 1

Colombia v US at FulhamBest friendly I’ve ever seen. Nothing even comes close, absolutely blinkin’ fantastic fun.

Amazing atmosphere, a snorting, cavorting cacophony of Colombians hijacking a ‘home’ game for the Yanks.

Of the 24,235 crowd, probably three-quarters were South American and it made for an ambience even better than some of the World Cup matches I was lucky to see in Brazil.

Who knew so many Colombians were in the UK?

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Uncle Samba bows out – Belgium 2 United States 1

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Belgium versus the US. I almost didn’t fancy it. You don’t expect thrills.

You buy the ticket, do the calculation and think the match has Belgium v Portugal written all over it. Should be good.

There was nothing in the build-up to suggest we were about to see the best contest so far.

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