Argentina, as expected are through to the next round of the FIFA World Cup following a 2-0 win over Poland, showing they have completely put behind the defeat to Saudi Arabia in their first game of the tournament.Second half goal from Alexis McAllister and Julian Alvarez are enough to conquer The Poles, who were kept in the game in the first half by Goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczesny, saving a Lionel Messi penalty with half time approaching.Argentina were ahead just one minute after the restart as Messi laid the ball for Nahuel Molina done the right flank. The Atletico Madrid send a…
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France’s historical run of six consecutive wins in the FIFA World Cup finals, which started in the round of 16 of the last edition in Russia has been brought to a halt, after a Wahbi Khazri’s strike just two minutes before the hour mark gave Tunisia a 1-0 win in Al Rayyan.A much changed France XI saw the like of Kylian Mbappé, Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud and even Goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris taken out of the starting Didier Deschamps’ picks for the match.Only Aurélien Tchouameni and Raphael Varane made the starting XI as the likes of Edouardo Camavinga, Randal Kolo Muani,…
GROUP CArgentina can seal top spot with a win against Poland and that will be enough to finally make fans forget their shocking loss to Saudi Arabia in their first game.Their convincing win over Mexico has proven the loss to Saudi Arabia is only a fluke but they have to seal next round progress with a win today to completely silence their critics.POLAND are the only unbeaten team in the group and face their most difficult test yet, the one that will determine their fate of going to the next round.Apart from the results, the team hasn’t been convincing and…
Marcus Rashford’s brace and a Phil Foden’s goal downed Wales while The US nick one off a sloppy Iran to seal passage into the next round of the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar.England saw off their fellow Brit to claim the top spot in Group A and set up a round of 16 clash with African Champion, Senegal while the USMNT secure runner up spot and faces The Netherlands in the next round.After a rather boring first half, Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden scored a quick fire double at the start of the second half to help England establish…
The Netherlands and Senegal are through to the next round of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar following wins in their respective final group games as Ecuador followed Qatar out of the competition from the group round.Qualified as the group winner, the Netherlands were always bound to have it their way against a Qatar side, who have made themselves the whipping team in the group despite playing in front of their home fans.Cody Gakpo fired home for his third goal in as many games following a sweeping team move, which ended with Davy Klaassen setting him up four minutes before…
Today, judgement will be passed on Group A and B teams as seven of the eight still hopeful of round of 16 tickets, which will only be available for four.GROUP AQatar are definitely out of the FIFA World Cup following two losses from their opening two games, becoming the first host nation to lose their opening two games in the competitionThey also become only the second host nation not to reach the next round after South Africa in 2010 and now will play their final group game against The Netherlands, only for the culture.However, the match held more significance for…
Portugal are through to the next round following a 2-0 win over Uruguay thanks to two second goals from their main man on the night, Bruno Fernandes.The European nation controlled proceeding but did not create much clear scoring chance in the first half and the best chance of the day, went to Uruguay’s Rodrigo Bentancur, whose brilliant run was followed by a shot well saved by Diogo Costa.Portugal got the reward for their dominance, six minutes before the hour mark as Bruno Fernandes curled a cross into the box looking for Cristiano Ronaldo.However, the effort was too high and Ronaldo’s…
Brazil are through to the round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup following a 1-0 win over Switzerland, which made it two wins from their opening two game of the group G.Winless in their last two meetings with Swizerland, it was never going to be easier for Tite’s side to conquer Switzerland, more so without Neymar Junior, who has been sidelined for the rest of the group games following an injury against Serbia.The first half ended goalless despite Brazil threatening on occasions but were unable to find the breakthrough. Vinicius Junior thought he has had his nation in front…
Every team needs a Cody Gakpo but to take his game to the next level and earn deserved recognition, it will be very difficult for the best suited teams to come for him now, unfortunately.The PSV Eindhoven forward as has been in astonishing form in the last couple of seasons but it is this season that he has really catch the eye and has received more mentions for his attacking prowess.International recognition has also helped raising his stock having been handed his first cap for the Netherlands by former manager, Frank De Boer in the UEFA European Championship in 2021.Already…
For the first time in their FIFA World Cup history, the Black Stars of Ghana have scored three in a single game following a 3-2 victory in an entertaining clash with Korea Republic and they have Ajax playmaker, Mohammed Kudus to thank for it.On the back of a heartbreaking loss but one that held lots of positives against Portugal, Otto Addo led side stormed into the lead six minutes before half hour mark as Mohammed Salisu scored his second international goal from a Jordan Ayew free-kick.The lead was doubled ten minutes later as Jordan Ayew, again, sent a delicious cross…