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More correspondence: “I feel a bit sad for Pavard, being dropped already,” writes Kári Tulinius. “When he came through at Stuttgart, he seemed like he was destined to be one of the all time great defenders, but his move to Bayern hasn’t worked out for him. On the other hand, he scored one of the all time World Cup goals in one of the all time World Cup matches, so I suppose he doesn’t need much pity from me or anyone.”

Yes, that’ll be that volley against Argentina from outside the penalty area in the 2018 World Cup Round of 16 that I can’t post up here because the Fifa curtain-twitchers have ensured it can’t be seen. You can find it on YouTube if you can’t remember it, although if you’ve seen it before, you’re unlikely to have forgotten it.

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