The wives and girlfriends despair as they watch their loved ones humbled by Germany in the World Cup

Christine Bleakley could not disguise the agony as she watched boyfriend Frank Lampard and his England team-mates get dumped out of the World Cup.

The TV presenter was joined in the stadium by John Terry's wife Toni Poole, Matthew Upson's girlfriend Ellie Darby and Glen Johnson's wife Laura at the game in Bloemfontein.

Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger was also in the crowd put through a rollercoaster of emotions before England were eventually beaten 4-1 by Germany.


The Germans went 2-0 up early in the first half, but Upson pulled one back for Fabio Capello's men with a header.

Then, less than a minute later, Uruguayan referee Jorge Larrionda denied Frank Lampard a perfectly good goal when his shot bounced off the crossbar and over the line.



Things went from bad to worse in the second half when the Germans scored two breakaway goals as England chased the game.

The post mortem began at the final whistle, with English fans who paid a small fortune to follow their team in South Africa left wondering why none of the highly paid stars was able to perform.



Many will seek to blame Capello, whose disciplinarian regime appears to have rubbed some of the players up the wrong way and created a mood of ill-feeling in the camp.


Before the tournament, the Italian paid £6m a year, had told the players he did not want wives and girlfriends to be a distraction from the serious business of football.

In Baden Baden four years ago, the WAG sideshow was blamed for disrupting the team.

But the women couldn't be stopped from being in the crowd, even though Bleakley had previously said she wouldn't go.



'I'm not going to South Africa, sadly,' she said. 'So of course I'll miss Frank, but he's got a job to do.

'I'll be watching all the matches and supporting him from home though.'

But maybe the 31-year-old', who is leaving the BBC to join former One Show co-host Adrian Chiles at ITV, had a change of heart after signing her new contract.

She said: 'I am looking forward to a brand new experience at ITV albeit with an old friend'

One WAG who sensibly decided to stay at home was Coleen Rooney. She was pictured at Chester Races and looking after five-month-old son Kai, who at least should put a smile on the face of his father when he gets home.

'I have had the most wonderful three years at the BBC and The One Show.

'It has consumed my life in that time and I would not have had it any other way.'

Carly Cole is currently in Sun City with husband Joe and their three-month daughter Ruby, making the most of her time in the warm weather ahead of the match.

But Coleen Rooney decided to stay in England, after deeming the twelve-hour flight too much of an ordeal for her seven-month-old son Kai.

Alex Curran, wife of Steven Gerrard, also made the decision to stay in England.

Meanwhile, WAG Chantelle Tagoe offered support to the Three Lions today - as well as a lion cub and a cheetah.





While England fans were hoping to see the England team roar against Germany, Emile Heskey's fiancee was making the cats purr.

She paid a visit to the Cheetah Experience sanctuary in Bloemfontein, where she stroked a white lion cub and played with a two-year-old cheetah as it stretched out on the ground.


(source: dailymail.co.uk)