John Bruin

Senegal were very good.

They're a very talented team.

A certain amount of trepidation, of course.

And then they can just turn on the afterburners and be brilliant.

Yeah.

And Mbappe can be that guy.

And, you know, the whole thing about a World Cup is most people experience it at home, don't they?

Perhaps he isn't for Real Madrid.

He scores a lot of goals for Real Madrid, but his image has been tarnished a little bit.

And this is it.

We've had to wait a long time.

And the things with Mbappe is...

It feels like the World Cup's been going on for weeks and there's been no England.

Beyond, below the Ronaldo-Messi, I mean, these two guys are still knocking around.

And, you know, my sympathies go to my colleagues that have had to cover...

He's probably the world's best or most famous player, but we just, he's never quite got to their level.

essentially nothing for weeks while England don't play and everyone does.

And so we enter the tournament.

That's the thing.

We're up against a Croatian team who are very familiar opponents.