The first things we noticed as we headed out for a late breakfast after catching up on uploading all of our content from our first three days was the temperature. It was cold. Really cold. I mean see your breath cold. Up until now the days in Jo'burg had been a very pleasant 20-25 degrees during the day dropping to a chilly 5-6 degrees at night apart from our pit stop on the way back from Durban when we were told it was registering minus 2. As we left the hotel it could not have been more than zero with a chilling wind to boot.  Our thoughts immediately raced to the evening's Brazil game and disappointment that the chilly temperature may result in the female Brazilian fans wearing slightly more clothes than usual.

The TV coverage here is nothing short of fantastic. There are four channels devoted to 24/7 coverage of the tournament so at any point you can find a combination of live and replayed games plus regular analysis programmes with the likes of Edgar Davids, Gary Mabbutt and Dwight Yorke punditting.

Work done for the day we headed to our local pub The Keg & Crow to watch the Kiwis open their account in Rustenburg. The All Whites last equaliser was greeted with huge cheers from the Aussie contingent just pleased to see someone from the region punching above their weight again. Could the Kiwis be the team to capture the imagination of the neutrals just as the Socceroos did in 2006. They've given themselves every chance with that result and no matter what the result against reigning champions Italy they will go into their final game against Paraguay with it all to play for. The Kiwi performance has also put into context just how disappointing the Germany performance was amongst the Socceroos fans. Not the defeat as such - Germany have been the best team on display (so far) at this tournament so there's no disgrace in losing to them  - but the overriding talk was the lack of giving it a go on Sunday. Paul and I were lucky enough to meet Neto, a Corinthians player of legendary status in Brazil, who now works for Brazilian TV at yesterday's game at Soccer City and we had a conversation via his two colleagues who acted as interpreters as Neto himself speaks no English. He didn't need to however because when he was told we were Australian he simply said "five (holding up 5 fingers) five (another five) zero (making a zero with his thumb and index finger) followed by a disdainful shrug of his shoulders and in broken English exclaimed "that's not football"......enough said really.

Onto today's showpiece for us and this is a very special day for me as a football fan. At 40 years of age I'm finally going to see Brazil play live for the first time and no sub zero temperatures would keep me away. The players, the fans, the history and everything that goes with the Brazilian national team at the World Cup is a fascination for any football fan and I'm no exception so I couldn't wait.

It wasn't the best of games, or atmospheres if I'm honest but it was absolutely freezing...painfully freezing which may have inhibited the usual samba magic on and off the pitch with the team and the fans doing no more than they absolutely had to. Credit to North Korea who showed way more than anyone expected and were rewarded with a  good goal in the closing stages. Not enough for it to be shown on TV back home though unless of course they edit out the two Brazilian goals and present it as a 1-0 win. I guess we'll never know. Ellis Park is another great stadium in which to watch to watch football, albeit very different from the newly built stadia we've visited previously. It's a very tight stadium, right on top of the pitch with steep stands so you feel you're close to the action even on the top tier as we were last night.

Tomorrow is national holiday - Youth Day - in South Africa so everyone can prepare for and enjoy the second game for Bafana Bafana - I think everyone here bar the Uruguayans will be hoping for a South African victory to all but guarantee them a spot in the last sixteen.

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