So the World Cup has suddenly come alive with Messi scoring a hat trick, Mbappe scoring a brace, & Harland, not to be outdone, scoring two goals too

The two finalists from four years ago, France & Argentina are looking strong & impressive once again.

England begin their challenge for World Cup glory against Croatia in Dallas at 9pm tonight. Can Harry Kane match those other three icons & get on the score sheet to help to give England a win tonight?

Great win for England to start their World Cup campaign. A win against a tricky Croatia side is just what was needed. Two goals from Harry Kane, one from Bellingham & the fourth from Rashford gave England the impressive win. The win should virtually assure England's qualification to the knockout stage.

Have to agree with @Robbie a great win for England in our first and most difficult opening game.

The main concern for manager Thomas Tuchel will be the two goals conceded. Croatia exposed England's defence at times, and stronger opponents later in the tournament may punish those mistakes more severely.

As for qualification, England are certainly in a strong position after taking three points from what many would consider their toughest group-stage match. However, qualification is not assured yet; they still need to finish the job against Ghana and Panama.

If England maintain the attacking threat they showed against Croatia while tightening up defensively, they'll look like genuine contenders rather than just hopefuls.

I watched Crotia vs England, and the second half of England vs Ghana.

I thought Ghana were a buch of dirty sods, they did some neat things but I grew tired of seeing the referee who needed shoulder pads to deal with his own intimidation of taller players. I don't want this to seem harsh, he did well in his deicisons but the lack of cards played into Ghana's clinical and dirty challenges.

Their game plan was to scare players into mistakes, and if that didn't happen they would kick, push or outright slide in on them. I don't think England were good enough, and I don't think it can be used as an excuse for our own performance, but I do think it's true that Ghana should have tried to play actual football. Their fans came in good spirit, looked a great bunch but their players just wanted to kick and go on late on people.

I can't really respect that from a team, and their keeper celebrating like they had won just seemed silly.