Portugal 3 - 3 Spain Pre-match drama, an early penalty, two world class bangers, a howler, a late goal and of course, top-class football... This match had it all. Everyone pretty much expected a cagey, conservative affair given their first match. But how brilliantly they surprised us !! With all the background stuff that seemed... Continue Reading →
Awarded for the first time in 2006, FIFA’s best young player award is usually a hotly contested prize to honour the best player aged 23 or under. This time, however, there was surely no contest... Kylian Mbappé does not celebrate his 20th birthday until December but the France forward has been an undoubted star of... Continue Reading →
0 - The no. of straight red cards issued in the World Cup for violent play. 0 - Neither Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi have ever scored a goal in a World Cup knockout match : Ronaldo : 0 goals in 6 games from 25 shots (514 mins) Messi : 0 goals in 8 games... Continue Reading →
Read highlights of Round 1 and Round 2 here.. Best XI Goalkeeper Iran’s Alireza Beiranvand gets the nod in goal after the group stage. Coming from a difficult upbringing while working in a carwash and as a pizza delivery driver before becoming a professional footballer and saving a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty against Portugal... He has been brilliant in... Continue Reading →
Read highlights of Round 1 here... It's a gift that keeps on giving. More bangers, last minute goals and last minute bangers !! To the extent that you keep applying the law of averages in the back of your mind and fear that the knockout stage would be anticlimatic. Hope this fun ride doesn't stop... Continue Reading →
A world cup of bangers, controversy, upsets, late goals, individual brilliance, no goalless draw.. It's still early days, but we can easily say that everyone's thoroughly sports-entertained !! A look at some of the highlights of Week 1... The Hosts are there to Play Even Russia’s own media and fans were fearing that they’d become... Continue Reading →
In many ways, Iceland have no right to feed at the top table of world football. A nation of just 325,000 people marooned on a volcanic island in the North Atlantic had barely left a mark on the sport. A nation miles away from the bright lights of the European Football, Champions League. Until a... Continue Reading →
Read Part I and Part II here... The German Masterclass, 2014 The 7-1 is like a ghost. It’s present. People still talk about it, but the more you talk about it, the less likely it is that the ‘ghost’ disappears. If football is its religion, then Brazil just found out that night that its god isn't... Continue Reading →
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