In fairness, Australia had the odd half-chance, Jason Culina heading a Brett Emerton cross over and Richard Garcia sending a snap-shot past the post - while a second-half appeal for handball against Per Mertesacker in the box might have warranted closer inspection.
Once passengers are on board, the long-haul destination produces an instant camaraderie, and people begin to gather in the lounge car in an interesting cross-section that ranges from a beaming American family, heading for a wet week of ancestor-hunting, to a half-mooned lawyer type with a share in a Highland estate.
Ivory Coast were courageous in defence - Didier Zokora, for example, receiving a kick in his arm after bravely heading a cross that Liedson tried to volley - and showed an organisation and discipline in their play that suggested talk of fractures in their squad are wide of the mark.
Kevin Kyle, substituted on Sunday, squandered a host of chances, heading Matt Piper's cross, then side-footing wide after being set up by Stewart.
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Any Argentina nerves, however, were settled when Higuain tapped-in from close range and then he completed his hat-trick by heading home Sergio Aguero's cross.
Villa pushed for a breakthrough but they were repeatedly frustrated, Heskey narrowly failing to connect with Barry's fizzed pass and Zat Knight heading James Milner's in-swinging cross on to the roof of the net.
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Spurs were creating chances, too, Pavlyuchenko heading Kaboul's cross wide at the near post and Bale excellently denied one-on-one by Jaaskelainen after Jermain Defoe's clever through-ball.
In injury time, Lampard did add the fifth, heading in after Drogba had nodded down Cole's high left-wing cross to give Chelsea the added bonus of drawing level on goal difference with Manchester United.
And with full-time looming Van Nistelrooy scored his team's third, heading home a Giggs cross.
Chelsea needed a goal desperately - as did misfiring striker Shevchenko - and the Ukrainian striker obliged with the equaliser seconds later, heading Malouda's cross beyond Lars Hirschfelfd.
Martin O'Neill's men looked vibrant after the re-start and Van der Sar was forced to concede a corner with Ashley Young's intended cross heading towards the top corner.
And the Brazilian-born forward maintained that form by opening the scoring here, powerfully heading home Timo Gebhart's cross.
They had several chances to equalise, a cross flashing across the goalline just beyond Ebanks-Blake, Fletcher bursting into the area with no reward and Steven Mouyokolo heading a golden opportunity from inside the six-yard box wide, but however unjust, Wolves remained one place off the bottom.
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