Phil Egan

Kick-off in that game tonight is 11 o'clock.

After that, holders Argentina take centre stage.

The current world champions get their tournament underway in Kansas against Algeria in Group J.

Argentina will look to become the third team to win back-to-back World Cups after Italy did it in 1934 and 38 and then Brazil did it in 1958 and 62.

Lionel Messi could make history tonight and appear at a sixth World Cup, the first male player to ever do it.

Cristiano Ronaldo could obviously follow in his footsteps later this week.

Argentina are also the current Copa America holders.

That game kicks off at 2am Irish time.

The other sides in Group J meet in the very early hours of Wednesday morning.

It's a 5am start for this one.

It's Ralf Rannoch's Austria up against Jordan in San Francisco.

Jordan are making their first ever appearance at the World Cup.

They qualified in June 2025 thanks to a 3-0 win over Oman.

Austria have found a resurgence since Ralf Rannoch took over back in April 2022.

They qualified for the Euros in 2024 and have now qualified for their first World Cup since 1998.

David Alaba, Marco Arnautovic, Kevin Danzo and Karni Chokomeka are all part of that squad.

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Now on the news round last night Michael McCarthy was joined by Stephen Doyle and Arthur O'Dea and with all the talk of the World Cup buzz Mick told the lads about his weekend in Edinburgh where he got to watch Scotland beat Haiti on Saturday night.

Do you want me to tell you what happened in the game again?