Matt Cooper

You're going to have altitude for a lot of the games.

You're going to have extreme heat.

You're talking about what they call wet-bulb moments for a lot of the players and fans.

You've got big travel distances for a lot of the teams, multi-locations rather than being based in the one place.

And you've a lot of players coming in after very, very long seasons who might have to mind their minutes.

Does this suggest we're going to get, instead of high-tempo pressing football, we're going to see an emphasis maybe on low and mid blocks, counter-attacking football, possession football to conserve energy?

It might not be too exciting.

Okay, if that's the way the tournament is going to unfold because of all those issues, Miguel, which countries will that suit?

Yeah, but let's just stay, Dion, with the champions, the reigning champions, Argentina.

They haven't refreshed sufficiently, have they?

They look like they may be, and there is a tradition maybe of teams, and it happened to Argentina I think in 1990, though they did get to the final eventually and lost.

Somehow, having been beaten by Cameroon in the first game.

They don't look as if they've refreshed sufficiently to defend.

You might think maybe they needed to refresh around him.

What about the other two teams that Miguel just mentioned there?

Because for many people, they are the favourites.

France, they have a surfeit of attacking talent, but will they be used properly by Deschamps?

Miguel, what about England?

Because Tuchel is a strong personality as manager and he's proven that with his selections in the squad, the players that he's willing to leave out, the likes of Alexander-Arnold, Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, Harry Maguire.

He's his own man, he's a determined guy.