World Cup

Good start England.

REKA

Who is the lady with the blackboard? And why is she there?

That's Emma Hayes who was the manager of Chelsea women's team, but now manages the USA women's team. She's there to explain formations and tactics.

That’ll do England.
Didn’t see it REKA

Well done England!

She's in the studio, Jaxjacky. Discussing and drawing order of play. Seems rather odd!

Where relative to the pitch REKA?

Both goalkeepers are very busy tonight.

REKA

Who is the lady with the blackboard? And why is she there?

Sorry, I dont know.

She looks like she is standing in front of some kitchen units.

Pleasantly surprised by the England team. Playing at double the speed they usually play at..

Who is the lady with the blackboard? And why is she there?

Another England goal.

At the touch of half time, but not surprised.

I am cheering on England but I do have a soft spot for Croatia.

Cracking goal Harry 👏👏

Goal!

Good Luck England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I’ll bet GG13 Ronaldo with his usual truculent three year old face, well done D R Congo.

No, I bet they aren’t!

Casdon I bet they are not happy in Madeira or Portugal now ⚽️

I've watched matches which have been on when I wanted to watch some TV, not at silly o'clock.

Enjoyed:
Mexico v South Africa
Netherlands v Japan
France v Senegal

And definitely watching England v Croatia tonight.
I like Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka and would have liked to see Luke Shaw [apparently, controversially, not in the squad].

CanadianGran

I don't watch the matches, but the TV was on near the end of the Spain/Cape Verde match. Lovely to see a team so happy about a draw.

There was another post here about general knowledge, and I had to look up Cape Verde; I did not know where it was! We are learning all the time.

It means so much to the smaller countries when their teams are playing, the whole island will have been cheering them on, I think it’s lovely.
We went to Madeira in the spring this year, which is an island owned by Portugal, and the birthplace of Christiano Ronaldo. The whole island seems obsessed by him, he’s their hero, there’s a big golden statue of him in the city, and when we went in the sports shop they gave us a free Ronaldo mask and told us to wear it to support Portugal in the World Cup! I bet every TV on the whole island is on for every Portugal match.

Come on England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The giant flag is up at Old Market Square in Nottingham as usual. I tried a link but my phone isn't co-operating.

These breaks are purely and simply for showing adverts in USA, nothing to do with hydration!

We will watch the match. We haven’t watched any other matches as yet.

@MayBee70 I can't under why the games have to be deliberately stopped for a drinks break. The are enough natural stoppages during games where they can have drinks breaks, as happens during Premier League games (at the stadium I go to anyway).