New Delhi, June 18 -- The first round of Fifa World Cup matches concluded on Thursday morning with Colombia defeating Uzbekistan 3-1. Despite some upsets (Aussies stunning star-studded Turks) and pleasant surprises (goalie Vozinha's heroics winning Cape Verde a point against the mighty Spain), all the usual suspects won, with Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe kicking off the Golden Boot race in earnest.

When Messi scored his hat-trick against Algeria in Kansas City, former World Cup winner the French great Zinedine Zidane was watching as his goalkeeper son Luca Zidane, representing Alergia, suffered. This was yet another example that football, sometimes, does run in the family.

Talking of footballing families, over the years several siblin...