Live at the luzhniki stadium in the rain and discuss VAR with a die hard England fan just before Spain go through and Russia put in an impecable defensive performance.

Messi and Ronaldo can’t help but get themselves mentioned in the same sentence can they? They both leave the tournament as France beat Argentina and Uruguay beat Portugal. That is going to be a great quarter final. Today we have Spain v Russia and Croatia v Denmark which, although not as good on paper, could both be just as good as yesterday’s games. Thank you for your continued support of the podcast and enjoy the football

So after what felt like an eternity without football the World Cup returns with 2 absolute crackers! We have France v Argentina and Uruguay v Portugal which could be the best games of the tournament so far. Today we give our predictions as well as discussing the squads in depth and give some insight into how we think each time will play. Thanks for listening and enjoy the football

What we have learnt so far about the World Cup in Russia 2018!

So Belgium beat England 1-0 but it came off as a game that neither side were that interested in winning plus, as many have said, finishing 2nd might not be so bad for England. Absolute heartbreak for Senegal yesterday as they lost to Colombia and exit the competition because of their fair play record. Elsewhere Japan advance despite losing against Poland and Tunisia beat Panama in a game that meant absolutely nothing. We also talk about the next round of games and preview what we have to look forward to

We speed through some of the goings on of this very enteraining World Cup and talk about the shocks and things people have overlooked.

GERMANY ARE OUT OF THE WORLD CUP! This is not a drill. The current world champions are out which means Mexico and Sweden progress to the next round. We talk about that in-depth as well as looking ahead to Japan v Poland, Senegal v Colombia, Panama v Tunisia and England v Belgium

So Argentina did it. They managed to fight their way into the next round ... where they’ll meet France! What a game that is. We also discuss Peru going home with a win, Iceland and Nigeria going out fighting plus look ahead to Serbia v Brazil, Switzerland v Croatia, Mexico v Sweden and South Korea v Germany. Enjoy the football and remember - it’s still possible that both Germany and Brazil won’t make it past the group stage. That is crazy. See you tomorrow

So we have our first 2nd round fixtures confirmed - Uruguay will play Portugal and Spain will play Russia. We talk about those games, how they came about as well as VAR raising it’s head again. We also look ahead to Australia v Peru, Denmark v France, Iceland v Croatia and Nigeria v Argentina. 8 good games which will have a huge impact on the tournament going forward. We can’t wait. Have a great day and enjoy the football. See you tomorrow

It’s coming home, it’s coming home ... So, England smashed Panama as we said they would, Japan and Senegal played out a very entertaining 2-2 draw and Colombia sent Poland home. Today we have Saudi Arabia v Egypt, Uruguay v Russia, Iran v Portugal and Spain v Morocco in the first day of games being played at the same time as each other which is annoying. Never mind - it’s coming home, it’s coming home ... ;)