It's a funny old game! The World Cup kicks off this evening in Brazil and its time to roll out the cliches.

Whether you are a fan of the beautiful game or not - it's going to be hard to avoid tenatious play over the next few weeks .

Our Reporter Helen Vaughan knows there are no easy games at this level.

And while this may be a bad time to concede she knows that there a a few key phrases to get her through the next month.

She gives this report 110 % by the way.

*Helen may or may not have been doing keepy uppies while she edited this report**