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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning and John Brewin to take a look back at day six of the 2018 World Cup, starting with Japan’s shock 2-1 victory over Colombia. We dial up Ben Mabley, probably the only Somerset-born pundit on Japanese TV, to hear about how Tokyo is taking the shock.

In part two the pod tackles the final game of the first round of fixtures, and a second Group H shock in a row as Senegal beat Poland 2-1 thanks to an anaemic Polish display and a hilarious goal scored by a player returning to the pitch from an injury break.

Russia have all but qualified for the round of 16 after winning their second game in Group A 3-1, putting Egypt into an almost impossible position - reliant on several miracles to get out of the group, the first of which being Saudi Arabia taking all three points against Uruguay.

That game, and the other two, are previewed in part three, along with the news that Jack Wilshere is to leave Arsenal and a shout out to Max’s favourite shorts.

Back tomorrow!

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