If only he wasn’t unavoidably dead, Kafka would be having a whale of a time with World Cup 2018 and the tangled web of incomprehensibility that the new order is creating.
One miracle was enough for Toni Kroos, finding a second was beyond him. Germany are out of World Cup 2018 at the group stage for the first time in 80 years.
Argentina survived and Lionel Messi shone, at least for 45 minutes at World Cup 2018, scoring a terrific goal and dragging his team towards qualification.
Colombia ignite at World Cup 2018. And the way in which England and Belgium have demolished their opponents must surely set alarm bells ringing within FIFA
The departure of Peru from the tournament will rob World Cup 2018 of colour and animation it can ill afford to lose. At least Brazil got the win they needed.