12.28pm BST
How seriously do we all want England to take the third-place playoff? I want it to be Nick Pope upfront challenging Dedryck Boyata for second balls and a penalty shootout where Fabian Delph tries to rabona one in, but I can see the merits of taking it seriously.
12.18pm BST
Ben mentioned it earlier, but here are the full quotes from man of the people and self-publicist Gianni Infantino.
For a couple of years I have been saying this will be the best World Cup ever and today I can say that with conviction - it is the best World Cup ever.
I would like to thank everyone. The main actors are on the pitch - the players, referees and coaches - but, of course, there are also all those who have worked to make sure everything has worked smoothly, the Russians.
A big thank you to the Russian government and the Russian President Vladimir Putin, the local organising committee, the Russian Football Union, the volunteers, the heart and smile of the World Cup, all those people, more than 100,000, who helped in one capacity or another.
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