Many consider this competition to be last chance for Belgium’s golden generation to get their hands on a trophy and they seem to still have their issues. Their main problem has been a lack of team work and that showed up yet again in their first game leading them to drawing the first half. However, a Dries Mertens stunning goal ...

Serbia qualified for this World Cup off the back of a disappointing attempt to reach Euro 2016 after they were deducted points and finished second from bottom in a surprisingly easy group. They topped their qualifying World Cup group again to reach Russia 2018 ahead of the Republic of Ireland. Serbia had the luxury of picking an array of stars ...

Nigeria are a talented team but they lack any form of cohesion or invention as we found out in their first game. They also have a tendency to be hot or cold without notice. They beat Argentina 4-2 in one of their warm up games, only to lose 4-0 to Morocco in another one. They carried the form of the ...

Brazil came into this World Cup as favourites just like in any other edition, however, their first game didn’t go to plan as they were held to 1-1 draw by Switzerland. The Selecao had the possession to win the game and when they took the lead via a Philippe Countinho wonder goal, it appeared as if they would get off ...

On Saturday Argentina became the latest victims of Iceland’s meteoric rise in football when the tiny nation held Messi and his teammates to a 1-1 draw. The Argentines were expected to walk all over Iceland in that game, but the northern Europeans came more prepared than we thought and they held firm to add another storyline to their fairytale run. ...