It’s a four-game extravaganza today lads.
Saturday gives us our first glimpse of Lionel Messi at the World Cup, while a star-studded French side take on Australia.
We get to see what might have been had we not been demolished by the Danes last November and Luka Modric leads his Croatian side into battle against Nigeria.
GROUP C: France v Australia
Venue: Kazan
Kick off (Irish time): 11:00
Live on: RTÉ Two (Coverage starts at 10:30), BBC One: (Coverage starts at 10:30)
Pundit watch: In Montrose, we have Nick Cave lookalike Peter Collins on presenting duties with analysis provided by Didi Hamman, whereas the Beeb are going with Mark Chapman as presenter and you can also listen to Mark Lawrenson having an awful time as he co-commentates with Steve Bower.
GROUP D: Argentina v Iceland
Kick off (Irish time): 14:00
Venue: Moscow
Live on: RTÉ Two (Coverage starts at 13:30), ITV: (Coverage starts at 13:)
Pundit watch: ITV have Gary Neville, Patrice Evra and Henrik Larsson in studio alongside Mark Pougatch while RTE will have Peter Collins along with Didi Hamann.
GROUP C: Denmark v Peru
Kick off (Irish time): 17:00
Venue: Saransk
Pundit watch: Darragh Maloney is joined out in Donnybrook by Richard Dunne and the BBC have Gary Lineker on presenting duties.
GROUP D: Croatia v Nigeria
Kick off (Irish time): 20:00
Venue: Kalinigrad
Live on: RTÉ Two (Coverage starts at 19:30), ITV (Coverage starts at 19:30)
Pundit watch: ITV have Mark Pougatch in the host’s chair, assisted by Roy Keane, Slaven Bilic and Lee Dixon, while Richard Dunne and Daragh Maloney head up the coverage on RTE.
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