Matt Doherty's World Cup diary | 3 December

Now capped 33 times by the Republic of Ireland, Matt still has eight Spurs team-mates in Qatar, plus his experience of playing against a number of countries and players still in the competition. After negotiating the group stage, he will now give his insight in the knockout stage with two Round of 16 ties a day until Tuesday.

What caught my eye yesterday

Matt: "Sonny, delighted for him, and for Hwang, who plays for Wolves, who scored the winner against Portugal. The joy at the end, what it meant to Sonny and Korea, I just feel for Rodrigo and hope he's okay. Then Cameroon! What did I tell you about Vincent Aboubakar? It just shows any result can happen. I believe the gap between the so-called bigger nations and the rest is not what it used to be..."

What I’m looking forward to today

Matt: "I've orange blood in me - my nan is Dutch - and I just think they'll have to much for the USA. I've been impressed with the US, but Holland's strength is in their defence, and I don't see the US getting through the likes of van Dijk. I see it as one of those games where the Dutch maybe win 2-0, two chances, two goals, a bit like that. Argentina-Australia... Argentina started to click into gear against Poland and if Lionel Messi is on it, they could win by two or three today."

If you only watch one game today

Matt: "I'd go for Argentina-Australia, I just think it will be more open, but as I said, I fancy Argentina to win it, maybe by three clear goals."

Player to watch

Matt: "It's another USA midfielder, this time Yunus Musah. He's 19! He's at Valencia. That US midfield - Tyler Adams at Leeds is 23, Weston McKennie at Juventus, he's 24, Brenden Aronson, who has also done well at Leeds, he's 22! They could so some damage at the next World Cup."

My predictions

Holland 2-0 USA
Argentina 3-0 Australia

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