Kevin Kilbane

Once the tournament started, the game itself took over.

We were seeing a really high standard.

It was...

I think the knockout stages, John, was as good as I've seen in a World Cup over in Qatar.

The final itself was probably the best final, the way that it finished, that I've ever seen.

And I think overall, I think we're all hoping that it will just be about the football.

I think FIFA themselves, John, whatever mess that they're making of arranging the tournament, the way that it's been for them,

Ultimately, they're hoping that the games itself, the quality of the football just take over and we'll be talking about the games and the quality in everything.

I think that's what FIFA are actually hoping for come the end of the tournament.

And I do believe that, John.

I think once we get out the group stages into the knockout, I think we'll see quality games and we'll be talking more around that come the end of the tournament.

Not particularly, I have to say that.

I don't think there was a huge swing in how the referees are reffing the game.

Look, Mexico's opener, there was three red cards.

I think there was only four red cards in the whole of the tournament in 2022.

Yeah.

And the three red cards, it wasn't to me.

You'd have seen it yourself, John.

It wasn't a dirty game.

There was nothing really in the match with the three red cards that were shown in it.