Match replay between France and Honduras. Benzema bosses the show: When France were awarded their first-half penalty against Honduras, Karim Benzema shouldered his responsibilities, as any good No10 should. The Real Madrid striker chose to plant the ball firmly to the right of the goalkeeper, just as Zinedine Zidane once did in his day, scoring […]
Memorable moments of the match between Switzerland and Ecuador: Xherdan Shaqiri may have been named Budweiser Man of the Match, but Switzerland had their substitutes to thank for their hard-fought victory over Ecuador, Admir Mehmedi and Haris Seferovic coming off the bench to score the decisive goals. With his team trailing 1-0 to Enner Valencia’s header, Ottmar […]
Argentina 2-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina – The fourth Matchday of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil was in keeping with the three that preceded it, offering up plenty of goals, incredible incidents and major stars making their mark. There is nothing that football fans love more than a comeback involving a last-gasp goal, and Switzerland conjured […]
World Cup: Every dedicated Costa Rica fan remembers the goal that sent Los Ticos through to the last 16 at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Italy. It came against Sweden in their final group match and involved Alexandre Guimaraes heading into the path of Hernan Medford, who bore down on goal and planted a right-footed cross-shot into the […]
England 1-2 Italy:Â Daniel Sturridge of England scored the team’s first goal during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group D match between England and Italy at Arena Amazonia on June 14, 2014 in Manaus, Brazil. Roy Hodgson has said that he remains confident of qualifying for the second round of the FIFAÂ World Cup, but accepts […]
Côte d’Ivoire 2-1 Japan:The Elephants of Côte d’Ivoire charged late in their Group C opener in Recife, scoring twice in two second-half minutes to overturn an early deficit against Japan. A pair of pin-point crosses from Serge Aurier created goals for Wilfried Bony and Gervinho, silencing the pro-Japan crowd at Arena Pernambuco. Japan’s crisp, incisive […]
World Cup Results Mexico 1-0 Cameroon [Budweiser Man of the Match: Giovani dos Santos] Spain 1-5 Netherlands [Budweiser Man of the Match: Robin van Persie] Chile 3-1 Australia [Budweiser Man of the Match: Alexis Sanchez] Match round up:Â There are few better things in life than making up for past disappointments, something Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, […]
Crushed Spain boss Vicente del Bosque said he had no words to explain his side’s 5-1 humiliation by Holland. Holders Spain suffered their worst defeat for 51 years in their humbling by Holland, who exacted revenge for their World Cup final defeat four years ago. Two goals apiece from Robin va nPersie adn Arjen Robben, plus […]