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I wasn't quite as down on this World Cup as most people seem to have been, but these things are relative. I'd place it high above 2002 and just above 2006, but behind every other tournament in my lifetime, and I don't think that's just down to the weariness of age. For once, in fact, I seem largely to agree with what Sean Ingle says in this piece.
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