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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]