LIVE World Cup Thread

Lukaku needs a few hydration breaks...he's a big unit.

Yeah, sure with the scale of this world cup, you'd probably need 6 to 8 commentary teams on the go if you actually wanted guys in the stadiums for each game. It's a decent enough pragmatic balance to have a main commentary team there, backup teams in Ireland, and the international feed for the middle-of-the-nighters.

Always felt - they had a bit od an attitude or something - not a team .

Looked like a peno to me, might have been given earlier in the game

That Uruguay anthem's always a cracker!

"Everybody knows what to do in a 4-4-2 formation".

Realistically, 4-4-2 is probably a novelty for most players of this generation, even going through youth academies, particularly outside England.

Uruguay starting at a good clip here.

Ads running long yet again, making the 'hydration break' closer to 4 minutes.

The Saudi's love playing Blue/White South American sides in their first World Cup games it seems!

The ref in this match looks to be constantly where the Uruguayans would like to play the ball, dead centre and around 30 yards out. Maybe it's the pink that's making me notice it more.

Funny watching players instinct to role around corrected very quickly when they remember they may end off the pitch for a minute.

FIFA are a horrible pox on the sport but they do get some things right.