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Fifa World Cup 2014
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James Porteous

World Cup diary: Mario Balotelli willing to save England's bacon ... for a price

Italy striker wants a kiss from the Queen if his team beat Costa Rica

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Mario Balotelli is enjoying himself a lot more than England's players at this World Cup. Photo: AP
James Porteous has been a sports journalist for more than 15 years, covering events all over the world, from Olympics and Champions League finals right down to local amateur action.

Mario Balotelli is winning the social media World Cup.

After putting up a picture of a sticker album filled entirely with his own sticker a couple of days ago, he took to Twitter in the aftermath of England's defeat to Uruguay with an offer of salvation for Woy's boys, who now need Italy to win both their remaining games to have any hope of reaching the knockout stage.

But the AC Milan striker has demanded a heavy, heavy price: 

Time for England to front up. Just how much do you really want to stay in this World Cup?

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How about it Lizzie? Bear in mind that England also need Italy to beat Uruguay ... who knows what Mario will require for that.

Meanwhile, the most amusing moment of the match for Scotland fans (apart from England's performance obviously), was this Scotland fan celebrating wildly among the Uruguayans in the stadium, waving a Saltire, and dressed in Scotland away kit and Jimmy wig.

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This guy was definitely getting very, very drunk with his new pals last night.

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