John Bruin

And that's it, that Messi and Ronaldo did set, Messi in particular, actually, set such impossible standards for those to follow.

So familiar.

I mean, they've got a 40-year-old.

I think some of the players have played like 130 games together and stuff like that.

It's incredible.

But expectation in this country is...

A certain amount of trepidation, of course.

is high but I don't think we've quite got the John Bull thing of a few years ago of just we're going to win this, we have to win this.

Yeah.

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

And this is it.

We've had to wait a long time.

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

And, you know, my sympathies go to my colleagues that have had to cover essentially nothing for weeks while England don't play England.

And everyone does.

And so we enter the tournament.

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

So familiar.

I mean, they've got a 40-year-old.

I think some of the players have played like 130 games together and stuff like that.