The Full Time Report — Ep.56: Kane passes Lineker, Messi bends it, and the knockout map lands

Morning, and welcome back to The Full Time Report. It is Sunday June twenty eighth, and this is the one you keep for the evening walk, the kitchen tidy-up, or that slightly too-late cup of tea after a very full football Saturday. The club season is quiet on the pitch, so today is mostly World Cup spillover and transfer-window smoke. But there is plenty in it: England have topped Group L, Harry Kane has nudged past Gary Lineker on the country's World Cup scoring list, Lionel Messi has somehow found another record to nick, and the Round of thirty two has stopped being a vague bracket and started looking like a proper obstacle course.