Senegal took the lead after 37 minutes when Thiago Cionek deflected an Idrissa Gana Gueye shot into his net. The Evertonmidfielder’s speculative effort came off the ankles of the Polish defender and beat the keeper. It was another defensive calamity which gave Senegal their second, Mbaye Niang tapping home on the hour. Grzegorz Krychowiak attempted a lofted back pass, Niang intercepted and rounded Wojciech Szczesny. Niang had just […]
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 […]
Harry Kane to the rescue! Captain scores dramatic injury-time winner to get Gareth Southgate‘s men up and running in Russia. England started the game brightly with Jesse Lingard and Raheem Sterling missing glorious chances. But it didn’t take too long to open the scoring as captain Harry Kane headed home after just 11 minutes. Kyle Walker then got in a tangle with Fakhreddine Ben Youssef and a penalty […]
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, […]
Croatia earned a comfortable 2-0 victory over a young Nigerian side in both sides’ first group match to lead the presumably group of ‘Death’ at the World Cup in Kaliningrad. An own goal from Oghenekaro Etebo put Croatia ahead and a second half Luka Modric penalty wrapped up the win. Croatia, with Modric and Ivan Rakitic running the midfield, largely controlled the game; and […]
