This is the first time VAR will be used at a World Cup and I’m really confident it is going to be a positive thing and will lead to a far cleaner tournament that is free from the sort of controversial incidents that have soured too many in the recent past.

I think we are going to see a big reduction in things like diving and play-acting because the players will know they can be punished, not just after the game, as we have seen in England this season, but during it.

The fact you can be sent off for an off-the-ball incident, while the game is going on, if one of the video referees spots something, on one of the 33 cameras they will have access to, means it is not just the players who will be penalised. There will be collective responsibility because the team will suffer if one of them is sent off, either for a straight red-card offence, or a second yellow card. It is punishment in real time, not retrospective when the game has already been decided.

It won’t take long for managers to cotton on to that and hopefully we will have a World Cup that is free of the sort of gamesmanship and blatant cheating that has tarnished previous tournaments.