England rounded off a year to remember by progressing to the inaugural Nations League finals with a stirring comeback against World Cup semi-final foes, Croatia.

Make sense of it all? Maybe there was no sense to be found in it at all.

France have won the World Cup after beating Croatia 4-2 in the final in Moscow.

Argentina 0 Croatia 3: Not the end. But the beginning of it.

John Fallon breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of Ireland’s potential opponents...