Mark Langdon

Well, I disagree with Lars early doors and say that I think Mexico here, this is a really good opportunity for them to win the group, to stay at home in Mexico last 32.

If they win the group, you then play a third place team.

um last 16 would potentially be england in the azteca on things like about 1 a.m on a monday morning um in uk time and everyone's talking about this being a u.s world cup um you know because that's where the latter stages are i mean mexico can definitely use use home advantage altitude is something that they'll be used to if you look around um i'm not sure you could say the same i mean i mean thomas suchek looks like he's played 90 minutes before he starts so

He is quite tall, so he is at altitude generally.

He is, but South Korea have already been moaning about the fact that they've got to play a whole tournament effectively at altitude as well.

But yeah, as well as the planning for Mexico is,

but most of their players now play domestically but I don't see that as a negative most of them don't need to leave home because in that part of the world you get paid really well so you know I don't know if you're in kind of Brazil or Argentina in South America you have to make that move early because you know you have to do it for the financial gains but if you're Mexican you can stay at home as long as you want really because you can make serious dough and also I

Their playoffs this year, domestically, the coach pulled basically all of the players out.

So they've been in camp since early May, which, again, I think is an advantage when you look at Champions League final finished just recently and Mexican players, the home-based ones, have been fully focused.

So it's a big opportunity for Mexico to win the group, to stay at home.

Interested to see...

I think you pronounce it Kunanez, a forward that's the top scorer in Saudi Arabia this season.

So we'll see how that form stacks up.

Ivan Toni was the second highest scorer and Cristiano Ronaldo was third highest.

So I'm not even certain he'll start, but it's really hard to weigh up that league just in terms of fitness and quality.

So yeah, he's the top scorer in Saudi this season.

What an achievement that is for him.

There are some players that just pop up at World Cups, like Achara and Valencia.

You kind of don't hear about him for four years.

Just on South Africa, Max, I'll do one little bit on South Africa because the Sundowns won the, from South Africa, won the African Champions League.