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‘ […]
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 […]