From the moment they were drawn in the same group as Spain, France figured the route to Brazil would probably include an additional test.
As had already been the case after the military coups in Brazil in 1964 and then in Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina, and as was to be the case latterly in modern Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay, the military and police torturers were ready with their electrodes, thumbscrews and waterboarding equipment to defend "western Christian civilisation".
But New York City is not the Netherlands.
We will also hear from Leonardo Sakamoto, who covers slavery for Reporter Brazil, and a first-hand testimony from a Chinese human trafficking survivor.
ITV's head of sport, Niall Sloane, said he was satisfied with its picks: "We have two England games, two Brazil games and two Argentina games in that first phase".
The spray, which proved a success at World Cup 2014 in Brazil during the summer, is used to mark the distance between the ball and the defensive wall, making it harder for the defending side to encroach.
Cesare Prandelli has stated the belief that his team will need athletes, more than technically gifted ball-players, to succeed in hot and humid conditions in Brazil.
Russia had exited Euro 2012 at the group stage, failed to qualify for the 2006 and 2010 World Cups and would have hosted the event in 2018 without experience at that level for 16 years had they not made it to Brazil.
Aleksandr Kokorin Only 23 and a relative newcomer to the international stage, the Dynamo Moscow player has emerged as first-choice striker under Fabio Capello and is expected to retain that position in Brazil at the expense of the experienced Aleksandr Kerzhakov.
And had it occurred to him that Greenwald lived in Brazil?
I will take the advice of Mano [Menezes, the Brazil coach] into consideration before making my decision".
