When France were pitched against Australia in their opening game of the World Cup, many predicted that the star-studded French would walk all over their Asian opponents, however, that was far from the case when the two teams faced off. Australia defended deep and pressed the French players all over the pitch and went in at half-time all square. France ...

Denmark opened their World Cup campaign with a win over Peru last week, but in truth the result did not reflect the performance of the teams. The Danes were made to suffer for much of the game and they looked less assured than they were in the qualification playoffs against Ireland. They were able to win that game despite their ...

Although Iran currently top their group after winning their first game, they have to be seen as lucky group leaders as they did not impress in that win against Morocco. As a matter of fact, the Asians had just two shots on target for the whole 90 minutes and also had just 32% of possession. The Iranians now face a ...

Uruguay came into this World Cup as one of the favourites because of the quality of their squad, however, their first game was not the most ideal way to go about winning a World Cup even though they eventually won the game. Luis Suarez was very disappointing in front of goal as he was thwarted by the Egyptian goalkeeper and ...

Portugal built their Euro 2016 triumph on a defencive tactic and many expected them to carry on the same style at this World Cup, however, their first game showed that to be untrue. The Portuguese clashed with Spain on match day two of this World Cup and it was a thriller. Portugal twice took the lead through Cristiano Ronaldo, but ...