Ray D'Arcy

Well, there were over half a billion requests for tickets to go and see matches in this World Cup.

And the number of tickets sold, between six and six and a half million.

The revenue for FIFA, $9 billion.

They reckon that the impact of the World Cup on the economies of Canada, Mexico and the United States of America is $80 billion.

But how much do the players get out of it and the various football associations?

Well, the winning team gets $50 million.

They also get $1.5 million for participating, so that's $51.5 million.

The runner-up team, $33 million and then third place, $29 million.

Yeah, and they probably have to play eight games, I think, if they're going to win.

Who's going to win?

Well, there's loads of predictions all over the place.

I see the BBC asked all the pundits across all the TV stations.

And France came out on top, just for your information.

Spain came second, or England came second, of course, and then Spain.

I think one person said Spain were going to win.

I think France are the favourites, but it is a knockout competition, so anything can happen.

Bernard O'Shea is talking to us today.

He's a big fan of football.

I'll ask him what his predictions are.

There's a couple of dark horses been mentioned as well.