Saudi Arabia beat Egypt 2-1 with a last-gasp winner that cancelled Mohamed Salah‘s earlier strike in Group A early Kick Off. Saudi Arabia who finished third scored their only goals of the tournament improving from the 5-0 thrashing by hosts Russia. Mohamed Salah put Egypt ahead in the 22nd minute with when he deftly controlled a long ball from Abdalla Said that […]
Uruguay secured top spot in Group A after a comfortably 3-0 display over 10-man Russia in Samara on Monday. Luis Suarez opened the scoring in the 10th minute with a low free-kick and Denis Cheryshev deflected a Diego Laxalt shot into his own net (23) before Igor Smolnikov was sent off for a second yellow card nine minutes before half-time. Edinson Cavani poked home […]
TONI Kroos rescued holders Germany from the brink of an unthinkable early World Cup exit, curling home a sensational winner in the fifth minute of stoppage time to seal a 2-1 win over Sweden reviving hopes of becoming the first side to retain the World Cup since Brazil in 1962. Before that, a Kroos error had led to Ola Toivonen giving Sweden […]
Javier Hernandez’s 50th goal for Mexico sealed their qualification from Group F and left South Korea on the brink of exiting the World Cup. Mexico dominated the first half and lead through Carlos Vela’s penalty. Andres Guardado’s cross was blocked by Jang Hyun-Soo’s outstretched arm and the referee pointed to the spot without any VAR interference. Hernandez’s record goal was a […]
Eden Hazard won and converted an early penalty after being brought down by Syam Ben Youssef in Moscow. Romelu Lukakudoubled the lead with a cool finish in the 16th minute after being played in by Dries Mertens. Dylan Bronn pulled one back with a glancing header past Thibaut Courtois from Wahbi Khazri‘s free-kick. Lukaku restored his side’s two-goal lead with a cheeky finish after being […]
Ahmed Musa scored both goals as Nigeria beat World Cup debutants Iceland to leave Group D intriguingly poised with one round of games to go. The Super Eagles would have gone out with defeat but came good in Volgograd. Musa showed superb technique to fire Nigeria ahead on the half-volley before the Leicester player rounded keeper Hannes Thor Halldorsson to make it […]
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 […]
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 […]