Ruby Walsh had a brilliant response when asked if he would be cheering on England against France.
The legendary jockey was a guest on ITV's Opening Show as they previewed what was left of Saturday's racing after Cheltenham and Doncaster's meetings both fell to the cold weather.
But attention turned to England's World Cup quarter-final clash as Matt Chapman asked Walsh if he would be supporting Ireland's neighbours against the French.
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"I love that Kylian Mbappe," replied the Kildare native, which prompted a "now, now, don't you start" response from host Oli Bell before Alice Plunkett referred to Walsh as "our very own Roy Keane".
Walsh highlighted that France have only kept one clean sheet in their last ten games and predicted a 2-2 draw, but joked: "It will go to penalties and we all know what happens then."
England v France was the final quarter-final clash of the weekend, with the French advancing to the last four to face Morocco, who defeated Portugal earlier in the day.
Although Walsh was wrong about the game going to spot-kicks, he did correctly predict that England would have penalty issues.
Aurélien Tchouameni's stunning strike from 25 yards gave France the lead in the 17th minute.
England’s players complained about a foul at the other end of the pitch on Bukayo Saka but the goal stood.
However, England drew the game level in the 54th minute when Harry Kane scored a penalty after Tchouameni fouled Saka inside the box.
Kane stepped up against club-mate Hugo Lloris, sending him the wrong way with a penalty which saw him equal Wayne Rooney’s all-time scoring record for England.
But France’s all-time scorer Olivier Giroud restored the World Cup holders’ lead and it proved to be the winner after Kane blazed over a late penalty in a crushing 2-1 quarter-final exit.
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