Hodgson has to be sacked, Rooney apologises - How Twitter reacted to England's World Cup elimination
Well, England have crashed out of the World Cup for another four years with every possibility of flying home with zero points in the bag.
Costa Rica's victory over Italy may have been surprising, but when you lose your opening two matches of a three-game group, progression is always going to be an uphill struggle.
Twitter and Facebook became awash with fury and blind optimism as the full whistle sounded in Recife, confirming England's fate - as well as a whole heap of reaction we're not able to publish - but here's our pick, from the day England were eliminated after just two group games...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Bl**dy typical. What have the Romans ever done for us?— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/statuses/480041882886881281" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-226621-https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/statuses/480041882886881281" data-vars-event-id="c23">June 20, 2014</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">The whole low expectation thing didn't help then. Getting knocked out still feels sh*t!— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/statuses/480055476315774977" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-226621-https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/statuses/480055476315774977" data-vars-event-id="c23">June 20, 2014</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Gutted doesn't come close to how I am feeling right now, Sorry to all the fans who came out and supported us, and everyone back home!— Jack Wilshere (@JackWilshere) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JackWilshere/statuses/480088171875946497" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-226621-https://twitter.com/JackWilshere/statuses/480088171875946497" data-vars-event-id="c23">June 20, 2014</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Money doesn't help you deal with the pressure from fans/media/yourself to perform on a football pitch at all...— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/rioferdy5/statuses/480053199949529088" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-226621-https://twitter.com/rioferdy5/statuses/480053199949529088" data-vars-event-id="c23">June 20, 2014</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">We can do a couple of things now. Either continue this painful race to the bottom of elite international football or make some...— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Joey7Barton/statuses/480046213400920064" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-226621-https://twitter.com/Joey7Barton/statuses/480046213400920064" data-vars-event-id="c23">June 20, 2014</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">...drastic overhauls and start to rebuild are national game. Hodgson and co have to be sacked, no other option.— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Joey7Barton/statuses/480046466619408384" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-226621-https://twitter.com/Joey7Barton/statuses/480046466619408384" data-vars-event-id="c23">June 20, 2014</a>
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