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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. ...

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 ...