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 […]
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‘ […]
Sweden has put themselves in wonderful line to get to the competitive position of group F after they defeated South Korean in their opening group game. Andreas Granqvist scored the only goal of the game which came in second half from the penalty spot and with the win Sweden now have 3 points and need just one more win […]
Romelu Lukaku bags a superb double after Dries Mertens nets wonder strike to get England‘s group rivals off to flying start at World Cup. Dries Mertens opened the scoring just after the break, volleying superbly from the corner of the box. Romelu Lukaku then doubled the lead with a terrifically executed diving header from Kevin De Bruyne‘s ball. Lukaku then completed his […]
Brazil gave everyone a glimpse of what to expect from them in this World Cup when Phillippe Coutinho scored a mesmerizing goal to give Brazil the lead in the 20th minute. But that was only a moment of brilliance. Brazil was slow on the field and Neymar was not even close to being at the level everyone expects. Switzerland used all that advantage coupled with […]
Mexico stunned the defending champions Germany In their opening game with a narrow 1-0 win Germany suffered the same fate that France did in 2002 and Spain in 2014 defending champions losing their first game. The Germans were disappointing in defence and lacked imagination going forward and Mexico who were lightning quick on counters took the advantage. On one such counter, Lozano scored to […]
Former Manchester City full-back Aleksander Kolarov scored a spectacular free kick as Serbia beat Costa Rica 1-0 in their opening Group E match. The 32-year-old struck from 25-yards-out midway through the second-half as the European nation won the first ever match between the two sides. Mladen Krstajic‘s side held out comfortably thereafter in Samara to get their campaign off to a winning start, […]