Ante Rebic opened the scoring from a Chelsea keeper Caballero clearance that landed straight to the Croatia striker who brilliantly fired the ball into the net. With ten minutes to time, Modric picked the ball up 25 yards from goal and bent it superbly into the bottom corner for the Second. Rakitic added further gloss to the scoreline, and further embarrassment to Argentina, in […]
France qualified for the World Cup 2018 knockout stages with Kylian Mbappe‘s strike the difference in a narrow win over Peru. Mbappe became the youngest player to score for Les Bleus at a World Cup when he ran onto Olivier Giroud‘s deflected shot to tap home into an empty net. Striker Paolo Guerrero had the best chance for Peru in the 31st after collecting a pass from Christian Cueva but […]
Australia coach Bert van Marwijk named an unchanged starting line-up for their crunch World Cup clash with Denmark following their opening 2-1 defeat to France. The Socceroos, who have made it into the last 16 only once, in 2006, needed to beat the Danes to have any chance of repeating the feat. Despite having several attacking options at his disposal, including veteran Tim Cahill and […]
Luis Suarez scored the only goal that took Uruguay to the last-16. The Uruguayan swept in from close range on his 100th international appearance. It was hard on the Green Falcons, who were knocked out despite a vast improvement from their 5-0 defeat by Russia in the tournament’s opening game. However, while they largely eliminated their defensive errors and enjoyed more […]
Spain need a win in their final world Cup match to reach the knockout stage after edging a gallant Iran, courtsesy of Diego Costa’s goal. Spain grabbed a goal via Diego Costa goal after half-time, having been frustrated in an opening period in which they had 81% of possession. Iran, who defended admirably until the ball ricocheted in […]
Cristiano Ronaldo continued his brilliant start to the World Cup with an early goal that turned to be a winner as Portugal knocked Morocco. The Real Madrid forward took only four minutes to make his mark in the way Morocco had feared, diving to get on the end of aJoao Moutinho cross and planting an unstoppable header into the net. Ronaldo’s goal put the […]
Yuya Osako‘s header gave Japan a 2-1 win over 10-man Colombia in the opening Group H game for both teams at the World Cup on Tuesday. Osako nodded Keisuke Honda‘s corner home in the 73rd minute at the Mordovia Arena in Saransk. Colombia’s Carlos Sanchez was shown the first red card of the tournament in the third minute for a deliberate handball, resulting in Shinji Kagawa‘s opening penalty. […]
Russia moved closer to the World Cup last 16 qualification after the host nation beat Mohamed Salah’s Egypt in St Petersburg. Russia took who beat Saudi Arabia in the World Cup opener the lead thanks to a bizarre 47th-minute own goal from Ahmed Fathi, who diverted Roman Zobnin’s shot into his own net. Denis Cheryshev doubled Russia’s advantage after he finished from Mario Fernandes‘ […]