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What follows has the potential to be game of the day as reigning champions GERMANY take on MEXICO at 4pm.
This is the only game the BBC are showing live today while over in the RTE studio, Peter Collins and Did Hamann remain on deck after a quick comfort break [one presumes], a bite to eat and some fresh air.
BBC are going all guns blazing for this one and their TV guide synopsis is drool-inducing:
Gary Lineker introduces live coverage from Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium as reigning world champions Germany play Mexico, who have been knocked out in the last 16 on their last six appearances. Commentary is by Jonathan Pearce and Phil Neville, with Alan Shearer and Rio Ferdinand providing expert analysis in the studio.Yes to all of the above. Day 4 of the World Cup ends with SWITZERLAND vs. BRAZIL at 7pm. For this one, RTE are drafting in Darragh Maloney to present and Irish football legend Richard Dunne will be in studio for some analysis. Adrian Eames and Ray Houghton are on commentary detail. Many fans, like ourselves, will be popping over to ITV for the analysis as that man Roy Keane is in studio again with his old buddy Slaven Bilic and former Manchester United teammate Gary Neville. [caption id="attachment_164123" align="aligncenter" width="714"]
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Mark Pougatch is also joined by Ian Wright, along with Keane, Bilic and Neville, in the studio, with commentary from Clive Tyldesley and Lee Dixon.
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