There have been some memorable moments in this World Cup.

The way in which Cape Verde’s veteran goalkeeper Vozinha went around the pitch after losing to Argentina, lifting despondent players back on to their feet, was very touching.

Harry Kane’s croaky post-match interview in the Azteca Stadium, having lost his voice singing the unofficial England football anthem Wonderwall, scored high for comedy value.

But my hero of the tournament is Emil Anners Lappen, the Norwegian fan who refused to participate in the “Viking Row”.

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The 24-year-old forestry manager was caught on camera at the Norway-Senegal game, sitting upright with his arms folded amid a sea of compatriots enacting the rowing motion that has gone viral in their homeland. They rowed in parliament. They rowed on the streets of Oslo. They rowed in the royal palace. Everyone in Norway was rowing but not Lappen.

In media interviews afterwards, he explained he was troubled by factually inaccurate claims about Vikings rowing across the Atlantic. He........

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