Welcome to Day 3 of the World Cup here in Qatar.

Coming up, we'll take a deep dive into the standout performance so far as England routed Iran 6-2.

So the goals flowed, the games came thick and fast, and that steps up today with the first day of four matches, including Lionel Messi,

kicking off his final World Cup. But the controversy off the field shows no signs of abating.

I'm Adam Leventhal, and this is the Athletic Football Podcast.

Wilson, in on goal, playing in Greenwich.

England have six in a game for a second World Cup in a row.

Well, with me today is The Athletics 2.

England writers Jack Pitt Brook and Oliver Kaye, who were both there to see the demolition of Iran yesterday.

I was at Netherlands against Senegal, thanks to two late goals, including one from rising star Cody Gapberg.

You can read all about him on the athletics radar. Jack, let's start off

with you. You've sort of pulled apart that performance and you were you were impressed by

England but not necessarily infused. Is that fair, fair enough? I thought England were good. I thought

they were very patient and efficient and thought England were good. I thought they were very

patient and efficient and then they were ruthless. They scored basically all of their attacks.

I just don't think that, I think some people have looked at the score line and thought,

this was a new buccaneering England playing a new way and Garrette's Southgate finally

pushed down the handbrake, just like we've been calling him to do.

That wasn't really my sense of the game at all.

I just thought that England took all their chances

and came up against a team which was frankly,

provided a lot less resistance than many people were expected them to.

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