With a few days to go before their first match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, France take on Italy in one of the pre-tournament friendlies. The visitors may not have qualified for the World Cup, but they dropped just seven points in qualification and finished second behind Spain in their qualifying group, however, their playoff defeat at ...
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Romania may have missed out on qualification for the World Cup, but they come into this game in relatively good form. They recovered well from a loss to Holland to beat Israel away in March and followed that up with another win over Sweden. These results would have boosted their confidence when they come up against a star-studded Chile team ...
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LA Galaxy are having one of their toughest seasons in the MLS. Despite being the most successful franchise in the division they were so underwhelming last season that they finished very low on the overall league standings and there are fears this season could end the same way. They signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic this season, yet they are still underperforming with ...
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France head into this game unbeaten against the Irish since 1981 and this generation of players will be looking to keep that record intact after this warm up friendly for the World Cup. France have impressed greatly under the leadership of Didier Deschamp and he led them to the Euro final in 2016 where they narrowly lost to Portugal. France ...
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This game is between two of the MLS best teams as top of the Western Conference table Sporting KC host third in the Eastern Conference table Columbus Crew. These sides have a close head to head record and they have both proved hard to beat this season. The hosts have conceded just a single goal in their last three games, ...
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