Sweden’s fans were worried about their national team when Zlatan Ibrahimovic retired from international football two years ago. However, this group of players has shown that those worries are needless; in fact the Swedes seem to play better as a team now than when Zlatan was their leader. They head into their first World Cup since 2006 with more team ...

It has been a long and anxious wait for the Brazilians to avenge their humiliating exit at the World Cup four years ago. Who could forget so soon how the German Machines destroyed the Selecao 7-1 in front of millions of Brazilians watching at home and in the stadium. They went on to exit the 2015 and 2016 edition of ...

After a poor set of games, Germany will be happy to have won their last warm up game before the World Cup. That 2-1 win was the first time the Germans have won a game in six attempts. The Germans may have been poor in their friendly games, but they are one of the best teams when it comes to ...

Four years ago Costa Rica qualified for their first World Cup in 12 years and were placed in the same group as England Italy and Uruguay. They stormed to the top of the group after beating Italy and Uruguay, reaching then quarterfinals. This time around no one will be underestimating them, but they are also in a relatively easier group ...

This is most likely the last chance that many of these Croatian players have to win the World Cup. The likes of Mario Mandzukic, Luka Modric, and Ivan Rakitic are already well in their 30s. The Croatians were eliminated at the group stage in 2014, and were knocked out of Euro 2016 by eventual winners Portugal in the round of ...