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Prince Harry watched the knocked-out England team’s final match in the Fifa 2014 World Cup on Tuesday, after FA chairman Greg Dyke suggested that the royal could have boosted the squad's chance of qualifying by attending matches last week.
Mr Dyke met the Prince in the city of Belo Horizonte where the national team played against Costa Rica on Tuesday evening.
On Monday, the Prince started his official seven day tour of Brazil and Chile, and said he was “really sad” about the football team being knocked out of the tournament after losing their first two group stage matches.
The Prince and FA chairman met when they attended an event at the Minas Tenis Clube, a sports complex which will be one of the venues for Team GB and Paralympics GB's training camp ahead of Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Show all 19 1 /19World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Neymar Brazil 3 Croatia 1 Bringing Brazil level and coming good on the promise that he would be a star at this tournament, Neymar needed simply to raise a finger to the air to claim he was the one. When he put the hosts ahead from the penalty spot the emotion was clear to see, with the Barcelona player falling to his knees and pointing to the sky in what is sure to be one of the iconic shots of the tournament.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Robin van Persie Spain 1 Netherlands 5 Robin van Persie had just scored one of the great World Cup goals with his flying header, but his celebration was less of a success. Rushing over to his soon-to-be club manager at Manchester United, Louis van Gaal, the pair went to 'high-five', only to barely make contact with each other's hand.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Jorge Valdivia Chile 3 Australia 1 After putting a curler into the top corner to make the score 2-0 to Chile, Jorge Valdivia wheeled away rotating his fingers towards his head in a gesture that seemed to suggest he was going crazy.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Pablo Armero Colombia 3 Greece 0 The whole Colombia team, including those on the subs bench, got involved when Pablo Armero gave them a scrappy early lead. The defender led his team-mates over to the sideline where they performed a jubilant dance, waving their hands in the air and jigging side to side. they had a little dance after their next goal too, but it couldn't match the first for surpirse and entertainment value.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Joel Campbell Uruguay 1 Costa Rica 3 When Arsenal forward Joel Campbell brought the scores level, he momentarily forgot his traditional celebration. But within a couple of seconds, he had frantically gestured for the ball and then stuck it up his jersey. As he pretended to be pregnant, he also sucked his thumb for good measure.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Daniel Sturridge England 1 Italy 2 Despite revealing afterwards that he wasn't planning to if he scored, when Daniel Sturridge found the back of the net against Italy he couldn't resist a few rigid dance moves. Had England gone on to win, it probably would have turned into a craze sweeping the nation. The rest of the England players were so jubilant at the equaliser they managed to dislocate the ankle of physio Gary Lewin amid celebrations by the dug-out.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Gervinho Ivory Coast 2 Japan 1 Sliding on the knees is nothing knew, but doing it in tandem with Didier Droga whilst wearing the vibrant orange kit of the Ivory Coast made for a great image. Gervinho had just scored the winning goal.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Haris Seferovic Switzerland 2 Ecuador 1 Haris Seferovic had just scored an injury time winner and didn't we just know it from his celebration. Reminicent of Marco Tardelli, the Switzerland player looked like he couldn't contain himself as he thrust his arms forward and back and charged up the touchline.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far John Brooks Ghana 1 USA 2 Never has a player looked in quite such disbelief at scoring than John Brooks after he scored the winning goal for the United States against Ghana. Putting his hands to his head and looking to the sky, the German born player opted to head to the corner, collapse on his knees and then lie flat on his front with his face in the turf. He'll probably make a better job of it if he scores again.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Tim Cahill Australia 2 Netherlands 3 Everton fans and watchers of the Premier League will have seen it all before, but Tim Cahill was able to perform his trademark celebration on the world stage after scoring a stumping first-time volley. After a goal that will be among the contenders for best of the tournament, the Aussie headed for the corner flag for a bit of boxing practice.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far James Rodriguez Colombia 2 Ivory Coast 1 Colombia were at it again after James Rodriguez opened the scoring against Ivory Coast. After first heading to the corner for a dance, they opted to head up the touchline to have a dance with the substitutes as well. With the players kicking their legs in sync, it was clear they had been practising.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Wayne Rooney Uruguay 2 England 1 The forward wheeled away in celebration after scoring his first-ever World Cup goal. The joy did not last long, however, six minutes later Luis Suarez scored the winner for Uruguay.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Clint Dempsey USA 2 Portugal 2 Dempsey has become a national hero for the Americans during the the tournament, and this passionate celebration against Portugal showed just how much the World Cup means to the former Fulham and Tottenham man too.
World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Miroslav Klose Germany 2 Ghana 2 So how do you celebrate drawing level with Ronaldo as the World Cup's highest ever scorer? A forward flip that nearly breaks your neck of course. At the age of 36 perhaps Miroslav Klose shouldn't be going for the theatrical celebrations, but luckily he made it just far enough round that he didn't do himself any damage.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Miguel Herrera Croatia 1 Mexico 3 He might not have scored himself, but the celebrations of Miguel Herrera are more than worthy of inclusion. As his team beat Croatia 3-1 to book their place in the knock-out phase the Mexico manager couldn't contain himself. Jumping up and down, grabbing anyone in sight and simply looking like the happiest man alive made Herrera an internet sensation.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Georgios Samaras Greece 2 Ivory Coast 1 After winning his side a penalty in injury time, Georgios Samaras picked himself up to take it. A goal would mean Greece were going through to the knock-out phase, so when the ball hit the back of the net the Celtic player was suitably jubilant. Racing to the corner, the striker slid on his knees towards the camera before finding himself at the bottom of the biggest bundle of World Cup so far.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Julio Cesar Brazil 1 Chile 1 (aet: Brazil win 3-2 on penalties) After a thrilling, end-to-end game went to penalties, Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar emerged as the hero for the hosts, saving two penalties from Alexis Sanchez and Mauricio Pinilla. The relief when Gonzalo Jara hit a crucial penalty was clear for all to see as the Selecao players rushed to embrace the goalkeeper.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far Klaas Jan Huntelaar Netherlands 2 Mexico 1 Arjen Robben may have caused controversy for the manner in which he won the penalty, but Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, on as a substitute for Robin van Persie, did not feel any pressure with the 94th minute penalty. The Schalke striker's goal sparked wild Oranje celebrations - we're not quite sure who his karate kick was in honour of.
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World Cup 2014: The best goal celebrations of the tournament so far David Luiz Brazil 2 Colombia 1 In one of the best quarter-finals ever, the match between the two South American nations was delicately poised heading into the final 20 minutes. James Rodriguez, perhaps harshly, conceded a foul about 35 yards from goal and David Luiz stepped up. What he did next was spectacular, rocketing a shot into the top corner - the celebration wasn't bad either as Luiz, eyes and veins bulging sprinted off down the touchline screaming before 'doing a Huntelaar' to the corner flag.
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Mr Dyke said: “It's a shame Harry didn't come last week, he probably would have helped.”
He added: “I feel really sorry for Harry and our fans that we didn't have a chance of staying on - but that's life.
"It's such small margins, we basically played better here then we have for the last two World Cups."
The two men chatted during a business brunch at the sports centre, where the Prince explained to the FA chairman that he had not travelled specifically for the England game.
They were both also shown a rare copy of the original regulations for football - drawn up in 1863 – before it is presented to the Sao Paulo football museum.
Harry told Mr Dyke: "The couple of games that I watched I thought that we played really well.
"It's the best England team we've had for some time - but hey, you win some you lose some."
Additional reporting by PA
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