A kung fu fighter in a disco

Death metal! Bare breasts! Robot disguises! Germans! It can only be THE POP WORLD CUP, getting underway at last with the group A clash between Costa Rica, Ecuador, Germany and Poland. The top two go through to the next round - as for the others it's an early bath.

You can find all PWC entries here. If you can't download or are having trouble let me know either in the comments box or at freakytrigger@gmail.com.

So here are the four Group A contenders, with exclusive team talks from their respected managers.

( The teams )

So how will matches be decided? HERE'S HOW.

( The rules. Also the POLL. )

Some indication of how the group stage is going will be posted tomorrow.

Commentary, "mind games", etc. in the comments box - GO!

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