Chris2K

This has certainly not been one of the drab first halves we've become used to.

If at first you don't succeed...

Probably going to be called offside, but when are these big teams going to learn that they can't just play at half speed and expect the lower ranked teams not to score?

Really bad keeping there.

Hey, he's woken up.

I didn't realise they were going 16x3, I assumed it would be 12x4 with the usual 3rd place nonsense for the necessary qualifiers. 3 team groups are going to be horrific. And I say that as someone who is currently doing a diary that involves 3 team groups, which are a nightmare.

I find it hard to believe that ITV couldn't find a single former French or Danish international to be on their pundit panel.

Lewandowski Lewandoesit.

Worth noting that there were Saudi players inside the area when the penalty was taken, so you'd hope there would have been the same level of investigation that Szczesny's getting, and it would have been re-taken if they'd scored.

Incredible double-save from Szczesny.

Obviously she's a bit too busy for this tournament, but Emma Hayes is missed from commentary. If you need an example of over-acting getting you a decision in football, there it is.

It was a lot of fun, and I'm someone who despises Christmas, especially in November.

I thought the exact same thing when I heard that. I really hope Dixon doesn't think that what Rashford achieved off the pitch is pointless if its affected his football career.

England seem to be taking "American football" too literally by playing a zone defence.

Matterface critiquing the USA's pre-tournament form is a bit much when they're playing a team who got relegated from a Nations League group where two of the teams didn't even qualify for the World Cup.

That dribble from Harry Maguire is a tournament highlight.

I'm very confused why they didn't make Wiglett and Toedscool regional variants of Diglett and Tentacool. The fact they went to the effort of clearly stating in their Pokédex entries "THESE ARE NOT DIGLETT/TENTACOOL" suggests they were aware of that themselves.

I'm not sure if this is Wales under-performing, or if Iran were sand-bagging against England knowing they had more winnable games ahead.

Oh Richarlison, that's just lovely.

Ronaldo on one side, Partey on the other. It's hard to know which team I want to lose more.

Ugh. So undeserved. But that's what quality gets you.

Not sure this will be given. Fun if it is though.

Oh Fonz. That's a terrible penalty.

That's going to be a pen...

The 5 Live commentary team will not stop complaining about the lack of atmosphere being created by the Japanese fans, which shows the complete lack of understanding/ignorance they have for Japanese audiences.