England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed.

The children of Israel.

The grassy track, so gay with scabious and bedstraw, was snow-white at the bottom of its ruts.

...wind began to winnow the river delta's dried sediments.