England’s first match-day ended in disappointment in Manaus after a 2-1 reverse against Italy, but the performance from Roy’s side left Three Lions fans in Manaus positive with what they’d seen ahead of the remaining Group D games.
RvP-inspired planking
The most eye-catching result of the World Cup so far was undoubtedly Holland’s humbling of World Cup holders Spain on Friday night.
An inspired performance from Louis Van Gaal’s side saw them beat Spain by 5-1 in a repeat of the 2010 Final, albeit with a vastly different outcome and approach from the Dutch.
After Spain had taken the lead in the first half, Holland’s comeback began with a stunning header from Robin Van Persie to equalise.
Latching onto a long pass forward from Daley Blind, the Manchester United man perfectly judged its flight before throwing himself at the ball and expertly lobbing a fine header helpless Spanish ‘keeper Iker Casillas in the process.
A Dutch fan provides an example of 'Van Persieing'
And the Dutch fans have now launched their own tribute to the goal, with a new trend spreading across the Netherlands known as “Van Persieing”.
Similar to the internet trend of 'planking', fans have been posting photos on social media of them recreating Van Persie’s diving-header technique in their own homes and gardens.
The new Lambada?
Colombia’s fans are known throughout the world as being among the most colourful and vocal of them all, but that reputation has now been extended to their on-field exploits too following Saturday's 3-0 win over Greece.
When Pablo Armero slotted the South Americans ahead with an early goal in Belo Horizonte, the team celebration which followed quickly took the Twitter world by storm with fans watching around the world commenting on the impromptu disco-style dance.
Led by former West Ham loanee Armero, the rest of the players and seemingly the entire squad on the bench joined him for a quick dance-off between those on the pitch and those on the sidelines.
It’ll certainly go down in the list of memorable World Cup celebrations, joining the likes of the Bebeto baby-swinging from 1994, Roger Milla’s corner-flag dance in 1990 or even Diego Maradona’s attempt at scaring youngsters by charging at a camera after a goal in '94.
Rio meets local youngsters in Rio de Janeiro
Rio in Rio
Former England and Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand is in Brazil as part of the BBC’s team of World Cup pundits and has been taking advantage of his trip so far by getting out and about in the city of his name.
Updating his fans via Twitter and Instagram accounts with #RioInRio, Ferdinand met local youngsters in a favela on Saturday and enjoyed a quick kick-around and answered some of their questions, before returning to the BBC’s studio on the city’s famous Copacabana Beach.
