The first World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930 and was imagined by Jules Rimet, then president of FIFA. Fast forward 88 years, The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia begins on Friday 14th June 2018 with the host nation Russia taking on Saudi Arabia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Russia head into their first group game of the ...
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Four years ago Germany were unstoppable at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The 7-1 demolition of Brazil in the semifinals showed just how ruthless the German Machines were. However, their preparations to defend their crown in this year’s edition have not gone to plan. After losing 1-0 to Brazil in March, they were again the losing side when they ...
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Gareth Southgate gave us a glimpse of how his team will be playing at the World Cup on Saturday when they faced Nigeria at Wembley. The Three Lions emerged 2-1 victors thanks to an early goal from Gary Cahill and a second from Harry Kane, however, Nigeria did pull one back from the boots of Alex Iwobi in the second ...
Read More »Belgium vs Egypt Preview
Belgium go into this World Cup as one of the favourites and their fans think it is about time that this generation of players bring a trophy home. They kick started their preparation for the competition with a draw against European champions, Portugal and with Panama and Tunisia in their group, you can understand why they are playing Egypt now ...
Read More »Russia vs Turkey Preview
Russia’s 1-0 loss to an Austrian team that will not be competing at the World Cup this year shows how bad things have gotten for the Russians. Their preparation for the competition continues to show that they are more likely to exit the competition in the group stage and they have now gone six games without tasting victory. Turkey just ...
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