Argentina kickoff their FIFA World Cup 2022 campaign with a shocking 1-2 loss to Saudi Arabia, ending their 36 games unbeaten run.Tale of two halves Lusail as Argentina bowed to Saudi Arabia after two second half goals by Hervé Renard led side cancelled out a Lionel Messi first half penalty.Lionel Scaloni’s side dominated proceedings and even scored five first half goals but unfortunately, only the ten minute penalty from Lionel Messi counted as the four others were ruled out for offside.Lionel Messi got the two time world Champions make a promising start as their pressure made a Saudi defender penalized…
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Bukayo Saka, Cody Gakpo and the Gareth Bale were the starts of day two of the FIFA World Cup after their former two led their sides to victory while the third rescued a point for Wales late on against the US.Today, defending Champions, France will be in action as they begin the quest to become the first defending Champions to make it to the next round since Brazil in 2006.Group CArgentina vs Saudi ArabiaFavourites, Argentina get us up an running in the first game of the day three of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup as they take on Asian…
Gareth Bale won and dispatched a late penalty to restore parity for Wales as they mark their return to the global tournament after 64 years of absence with a 1-1 draw against the USA.The USA, managed by coach, Gregg Berhalter dominated proceedings and grabbed a well deserved lead six minutes after the half hour mark as Timothy Weah finishes expertly, following a delicious pass from Christian Pulisic.The teams went into the half time break with the Americans in front. Wales assumed dominant as they pushed all out for a leveler and Ben Davies forced Matt Turner into making a big…
The Netherlands get their FIFA World Cup campaign off to a flyer following a 2-0 win thanks to two late goals from Cody Gakpo and substitute, Davy Klaassen.The Lions of Teranga proved up to the task for most part of the match but were too shy keeping discipline in defence, hence their inability to capitalize on the Dutch’s defensive slip ups.The had the only two shots on target heading into the last ten minutes but six minutes from the end of normal time, Cody Gakpo connects with a Frenkie De Jong pass to head past Edouard Mendy for 1-0 Netherlands.The…
England kickoff their FIFA World Cup 2022 campaign with a resounding 6-2 win over Iran at the Khalifa international Stadium in Doha.Goals from Jude Bellingham, Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford, Jack Grealish and a Bukayo Saka’s brace sealed an unsurprising win for Gareth Southgate’s side, who are heavy favourites heading into the contest.The Villain in their last major international tournament, Bukayo Saka showed the world thay time has been good on him with a player of the match performance to help England outclass their opponent.With just over nine minutes into the match, their Asian opponent were forced into an early change…
Enner Valencia was the star of the opening day and moving on, it is time for other players to make their names heard in the three FIFA World Cup games set to be featured today as action continues in the global competition.Group A Following Ecuador’s win over host nation, Qatar in yesterday’s opening fixture, it becomes very difficult for either of The Netherlands or Senegal to lose this clash because that could end up hurting their chances, albeit both are still expected to progress.African Champions, Senegal are the underdog against Louis van Gaal’s side and will be pleased to get a…
Enner Valencia is the name on the lips of all as the Ecuadorian captain starred in an easy 2-0 win for the South American, meaning Qatar becomes the first host nation to lose their first game in a FIFA World Cup finals.Already his country’s all-time top scorer with 35 goals before kickoff, the Fenerbahçe striker thought he had made it 36 three minutes into the match, only for the VAR to deny him as the goal was ruled out for offside.Six minutes later, he won a penalty after being brought down in the box by goalkeeper, Saad Al Sheeb and…
It could be over before it even get started for both Qatar and Ecuador in the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup as the two underdogs in Group A go head to head in the curtain raiser of the first ever winter months FIFA World Cup.It’s been well over 150 months since South Africa became the first host nation in the history of the FIFA World Cup not to reach the next round of the competition after failing to qualify from a group of Uruguay, France and Mexico.The Bafana Bafana finished third, level on points with Mexico but dwarf…
Ahead of the commencement of the FIFA World Cup group games, we take a look at the teams most likely to progress from each group before the real battle begins in the knockout rounds.Group AEighth in the latest FIFA Ranking, The Netherlands will boast favourites in this group and rightly so. They are the highest ranked nation in the group and head to Qatar on a run of unbeaten in their last ten games.Their biggest test in the Group will be against African Champions, Senegal but even they will be expected to come out on top.Players like Frenkie De Jong,…
It’s all been a fairytale but for Jurgen Klopp, who masterminded the process and tried to keep it consistent – however, the law of diminishing returns is catching up on form.Liverpool were at a time the best in the Premier League. At the time, they compete with the best around the world for everything.From players signings to the major titles – and that is why they have the most Champions League title of all other English teams and only a few has won the title more than their six times in all of Europe.However, the most successful period in the…