Jaspa

Sunderland do well to keep hold of Brobbey, rich owners and Europe so possible but he's dominating this stage.

What's with these weird full time whistles by the way? Traditionally it's a BOOP-BOOP-BOOO-OOOOWOOP. For some reason they're now doing one blast of the whistle, looking around confused and gesturing at players for a couple of seconds and then finishing off blowing the whistle. Never thought they could somehow mess that up but they seem to be doing so this tournament.

Greedy little ****er that Brahim Diaz, 2-0 if he lays it off.

Thought McToninay was supposed to be the sauce, been shight.

Seen them given on the halfway line before. Looked last man/DOGSO.

Issa Diop last man there?

There's your gameplan out the window after a minute Mr. Clarke

Alcohol

The way things could fall that may not happen til at least the quarters. Gotta keep the population invested in it, would not want to be in their group or against them in the first couple knock-out rounds.

Poor quality game. Hope Morocco Scotland is decent.

State of that airshot. Daka-esque

How shit must Türkïyë be?

Canada had a huge slice of that cake last night. Gotta keep the hosts invested. We'll see in the knock outs when things get serious.

Hmm one of the offside guys might be affecting play there, he's in the way of the keeper

Aussies piss poor

Hilarious attempt at a header

Problem with these altitude games - don't need to overexert otherwise you'll fade. Mexico have the harder game left on paper, but Austria haven't been training in altitude so should burn out early in that match. Korea planned their training camp specifically for this fixture, altitude in Salt Lake, pre-tournament they spent alot of time in Mexico preparing. Either of these two should be looking to win this group as they're better acclimatised than any, but it could come down to goal advantage considering this show.

Winner of this one likely wins Group A. Hope this game goes better than the one on earlier.

Crap game. They didn't need to completely handicap Qatar. Fair enough Canada get an ego boost and a likely pass to the next round to keep them invested.

Games turning ugly. Surrounding ref, feigning serious injury after diving. Shit ref decisions and pressure are making things desperate.

Minimal contact, thrown himself down. Eww

Nah Seeth Efrika are just shite

If South Africa look like a completely different team here I'm putting their first game down to altitude effects.

Two concerns from that night are the first half defence being flimsy and just what's going on with Declan Rice, whether that's an ongoing he's been carrying flaring up or something he can get over within a week or two. We stuck our flag in the ground there to win this group. Meaning we take the hardest route to the Final, if that's what happens. Azteca in heat & altitude, then right after that Miami in heat & humidity. Preparation & sport science need to be on point.

Hope Fatawu comes on and scores a screamer.