adrian lord

French have so much power and verve.

2 fantastic national anthems. Goosebumps.

It is maths here not "math" FFS.

Proper football with needle

Epic.

Yeeeeeeees!!!!

Ooooh please please equalise

Spanish ref…mmmm

Classic, cagey chess game of the sort one sees from this point on in a big tournament between two class sides.

Let’s hope the Dutch knockout Argentina, and it will be a red letter night!

Yaaaaaaay You’re not dancing now are you?

Saved!

Go Croatia!

The repulsive Ronaldo dropped

Keano spot on about the disrespectful celebrations.

The Brazil kit is far and away the nicest at the tournament. It’s the combination of colour saturation, the cut, and the font of the numbers and names. Everything is perfect.

I think the Qatari rulers would enjoy the prestige conferred by their World Cup being won by the most celebrated footballing nation on Earth.

Never a penalty

Brilliant goal

Is there ever a voluntary turnover?

Go out to put the kettle on then I come back to see I’ve missed a goal. I think I’ll have about four more cups of tea tonight

This is poor.

This game’s got the atmosphere of a sparsely attended under 13s girls’ swimming gala

I don't mind interesting stuff like spin rate because at least that speaks to the physics and aerodynamics determining the flight and curvature of the ball's path and hence the skill of the players. The wholesale appropriation of NFL jargon and terminology into football under the fig leaf of the ever-mushrooming stats generated in the game....well that I really do object to. Anyway, tonight, let's hope the England Lions’ offense is on point at the turnover and thus scores.

We definitely could win it. Whether we do is another matter, but definitely possible.