Quick hits: Wild weather, Messi magic and Merlin meets the president

He had to endure the worst weather seen at the World Cup so far, copping a drenching and wrestling a poncho before the two-hour delay.And when play finally did resume, he had to watch his centre-back Zaid Tahseen produce the biggest blunder of the World Cup, unfathomably stuffing up a goal-kick so badly that Ousmane Dembélé and Kylian Mbappé could raffle off a tap in.So how did Arnie react to these setbacks? He put a clipboard on his head to provide shelter from the rain, sang along to Livin' On A Prayer and immediately, after Tahseen's mistake, he rage-subbed him straight out of the game.With Senegal still to play, there could still be some more pain to come.Earlier in this World Cup we introduced you to Mexico's unofficial mascot, Merlin the Duck Well in, Merlin.The Belgian football federation congratulated Jérémy Doku on the birth of his son, Praise, one day after a French media organisation apologised for a commentator's criticism.Doku missed the team's 0-0 draw against Iran because of a respiratory illness, but was cleared to fly back to London so he could be with his wife."As he had already been receiving the appropriate medical treatment for several days, he was able to fly without any medical risk in order to be with his family during this very special moment," Belgium team doctor Brahim Hacene said in a statement."He was accompanied by my colleague, Dr Brecht De Coninck