Just read up on Solbaaken and he only played 6 matches for us before falling out with Joe Kinnear and being sold. Anybody know what the fall out was about?

Lovely ball from Vini Jnr, but terrible first touch!

Borefest football

I thought FIFA had made a stand against political interference in football?

The Norwegian typeface on the back of the shirts is dreadful

Airsy - surely that cannot be true, it seems far fetched, but if proven, Infantino’s position would be untenable, no?

New York Times is reporting that Trump called Infantino asking him to review Balogun's suspension

OI - apologies, I had assumed that you were being ironic… Great link nick, is that the actual audio, or has it been overdubbed?

That’s what VAR should be doing. No controversy no doubt. Anything outside of that just stick with the on field decision and give the power back to referees to call things how they see them.

Pete, I was surprised it went to VAR too but both the Ref and Asst Ref were blind sided

That's the problem with stopping in your run up; if the keeper doesn't move, you're a bit f****d

Beats me why they needed VAR to make that pen decision. Can't get clearer than that.

Really negative JJ stuff from Norway atm.

Pretty quiet start to the game

Definitely a penalty but what a dreadful penalty kick

Certainly it’s got the potential to be an exciting game what with Brazil not looking like a vintage squad and Norway surely having their strongest squad probably of all time.

Saying there is a precedent for this decision and then explaining that it was done previously for Ronaldo doesn’t really help ease matters.

Alan, Nor way!

Sandy, it doesn't for handball as the defender has to ensure his arms cannot be hit. What's the mood like in West (or East) Horsley 3 1/2 before ko?

Feeling that Norway will win this.

World Cup peace prize medalist speaks [Link]

USA could have appealed it and if genuinely not worthy of a red then rescind it entirely.

I found the evidence, what a way to spend a Tuesday school night, free ticket to see a band that nobody had heard of. [Link]

That decision has put me in a very bad mood.

FIFA really are lucky that the games have been generally quite good so far because it’s kept the focus away from them. But you can definitely imagine the conversations and transactions that have gone on behind that decision.