England faced Tunisia on Monday in their opening World Cup game and although they were dominant from the start, they left it late to clinch the winner. England’s dominance in that game led to them wasting several chances and VAR was also unsurprisingly not consulted when the Three Lions had two clear penalties for fouls on Harry Kane. When Markus ...
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Four years ago Germany lifted the World Cup after beating Argentina thanks to a Mario Götze goal. They entered this year’s competition as one of the favourites yet again, but their display in their first match has made it a hard job for them to reach the knockout round now. The Mexicans exposed the unusually slow German defence many times ...
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16 years ago South Korea co-hosted the World and shockingly reached the semifinals, with some help along the way. However, since that time they have struggled at major tournaments and come into this game without a win in seven World Cup games, five of which have been losses. They lost their first game to Sweden and it wasn’t just an ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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