‘It looks altogether brighter’ echoed the immortal words of the BBC commentary mere moments before Brian Cipenga smashed one past Pickford at the near post to hand DR Congo an early lead.
Congo fought valiantly, but twice they couldn't deny Harry Kane, who now has a high-altitude clash with Mexico at the Azteca to look forward to this Sunday.
Gavin Cooney and Paul Howard are in studio to round up the last couple of days. They can see clean through Harry Kane's dives as well as Thomas Tuchel and Anthony Barry's party line. Unfortunately for Gavin, though, the same can't be said for the little surprise Paul has in store for him.
We also look ahead to Spain v Austria at 8pm and Portugal v Croatia at midnight, before what might just be the loneliest fixture in football: Switzerland v Algeria at 4am.
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