World Cup: English fans play friendly match A group of English fans who call themselves the "Philosophers of football" played a friendly against Brazilian fans in Manaus on Saturday, a few hours before England take on Italy in their first match of the World Cup. The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Brazil also took part in the game. The English fans braved the heat and the humidity of the Brazilian city in a bid to promote the relationship between "two footballing nations." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES