Skysports.com runs the rule over the quarter-final ties in the inaugural WAGs and Stags World Cup.
The Three Lions may be back home from South Africa in disgrace but Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch - England's representatives in the WAGs and Stags World Cup - are still flying the flag. We look at the happy couple's quarter-final match-up with Serbia along with the other remaining ties.
More than a few of you were less than impressed by the sight of England's players heading for home in a fashion that suggested they were hardly devastated at leaving South Africa. The pictures of Fabio Capello's side laughing and joking as they boarded the plane for England stuck in the throat but our sources embedded in the camp have informed us they were in fact just celebrating Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy's progression to the last eight of the WAGs and Stags World Cup.
Who said patriotism is dead?
England's superstars may have performed with all the enthusiasm of a vegan locked in a butcher's against the Germans, but off the field, in a battle of glamour and style, Crouchy and his lady friend pulled out all the stops. Bastian Schweinsteiger ran the game in Bloemfontein but there was only ever going to be one blondie to win the clash that really matters. Step forward Miss Clancy to book England a last eight berth against Gojko Kacar and Ena Popov of Serbia.
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skysports.com runs the rule over the quarter-final ties in the inaugural WAGs and Stags World Cup.
England v Serbia
Peter Crouch/Abbey Clancy v Gojko Kacar/Ena Popov
Crouch and Clancy swept through their group and, unlike Fabio's boys, brushed aside the Germans. Serbia's footballers are also on their holibobs but Gojko and the lovely Ena are still going strong in our alternative competition and will provide a tough test for the pre-tournament favourites.
South Korea v Argentina
Ahn Jung-Hwan/Lee Hye-won v Pablo Mouche/Luli Fernandez
South Korea's most celebrated couple have already unsettled some of the favourites in South Africa but Pablo and luscious Luli may prove a step too far in this quarter-final clash.
Paraguay v Holland
Rafael/Sylvie van der Vaart v Roque Santa Cruz/Giselle Tavarelli
Long-since established as a golden couple of the Wag/Stag circuit, the Van der Vaarts are among the pairings to beat but the Santa Cruz's will be no pushovers: Roque was voted the sexiest player at the 2006 World Cup by a German magazine, while Giselle was named prettiest woman.
Chile v Switzerland
Manuel/Pamela Diaz v Valon Behrami/Sara Tommasi
Underestimate Chilean beauty Pamela and hubby Manuel Diaz at your peril. The pair saw off Portuguese glamour couple Cristiano Ronaldo and Irina Shayk in the last 16 but may find another surprise package in oft scantily-clad Sara and West Ham's Valon a tougher prospect. Expect fireworks in this one.
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