But the second-half began with Scotland clearly taking Scott Johnson's half-time instruction - don't think the game is over, you must step up again - very much to heart.
Price of a day-and-a-half of instruction: $900 but you get a discount at Manchester's wonderful old Equinox Hotel, and can squeeze in a round of golf at the celebrated Equinox links.
Still only 22, it was also encouraging to see England's potential cover at centre-half barking instructions at Gary Cahill and Chris Smalling during the game.
But Mr. Arafat has sent senior officials to tell the militants to hold their gunfire, an American official said, and that message is less equivocal than previous half-hearted instructions.
So now, there's LIKE MY FATHER ALWAYS SAID: Gruff Advice, Sweet Wisdom, and Half-Baked Instructions on How to Fix Your Stuff and Your Life.
Whenever Mr. Dougherty gives instructions to relatives passing through, "half of the instructions are 'be very careful,' " he said.
"Sit quietly!" Chu said, and the students obeyed the first half of the instruction.
The next boot camp is being held in early May in San Francisco, at a cost of $2,495 a person for two and a half days of instruction.
But the school also gives a two-week course and, for those in a hurry, a condensed three-day course that offers three and a half hours of instruction Friday through Sunday afternoons.
The founders say students at Avenues will learn bilingually, immersed in classrooms where half of the instruction will be in Spanish or Mandarin, the other half in English, from nursery school through fourth grade.
