Ian Irving

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542 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 12 Jul

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Ornstein transfer latest: Liverpool + Spurs make big moves · 19 Jun 2026 podcast

You could see the impact that it had not only on his teammates, but also on the opposition as well.

It caused mass arguments between the teams too.

It's a shame because aside from that, it was pretty much like Tim's saying there, the perfect night.

Yeah, you can tell almost straight away, can't you?

Yeah, if you want to know more about the injury, there is an article on The Athletic by Charlie Davis, the ex-USA forward who suffered a similar injury during his career.

So it'll be interesting to get his take on it and the road back as well already for Kone.

Aside from that, like we say, it was such a brilliant match for them.

And the first time a host nation player has scored a hat-trick in a World Cup since... Not since.

Since... Come on, Jay.

Quite famous.

Yeah, okay, yeah.

I mean, it's quite a niche start, I suppose, in some ways.

Well, in every way, actually.

That's good.

But yeah, in terms of it being Jonathan David that did it, obviously Alphonso Davies was in the squad, but he's got fitness issues.

He's one superstar, but for the other one to step up in this way is encouraging for them too.

Yeah, I mean, the thing about having a player like that in your squad when you're the host nation and you've got this whole atmosphere around it as well, there's a real power and energy to that.

We'll talk about the impact that Mexico have had as well on this tournament, but it's good generally for these teams to be successful, at least in the group stages, to ensure that you have got this undertone, this energy to the whole competition basically.

Obviously, not just them in action last night.

We also had five goals, a red card, all after the 74th minute in Switzerland's victory over Bosnia.

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