Premier League clubs have been told that they can schedule friendlies during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to give players not participating in the tournament a chance to stay match fit. This year’s World Cup runs from November 21 to December 18 and is the first one to be held in the winter. As [...]
The World Cup
The 2010 World Cup in South Africa is over and now we can turn our attention to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. We will cover everything from the qualifying games to the World Cup Final.
As World Cup draws go, the United States men’s national team didn’t get the toughest assignment for the 2022 World Cup, but it’s also far from easy. The U.S. finds itself in Group B with England, Iran and Wales. England will expected to top the group, but the USMNT, Iran and Wales will all fancy [...]
The Mexican national team will play a total of five games as preparation for the World Cup and all the confirmed fixtures will be played in the United States. Since 2002, el Tri has worked with Soccer United Marketing (SUM) company, which guarantees Tata Martino’s team a two million dollar income for every friendly game [...]
After missing out on the 2018 World Cup, the Netherlands is ready to return to the biggest stage in Qatar. Louis van Gaal is in his third spell as head coach will be ecstatic at the draw. Holland was in pot 2 and they knew that any nation that drew Qatar from Pot 1 was [...]
The draw for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has been made and it throws up some interesting scenarios, especially at the knock-out stages. The U.S. finds itself in Group B with England, Iran and the winner of the playoff in UEFA that involves Wales taking on the winner of the semifinal in that pod [...]
Italy manager Roberto Mancini was left speechless after seeing the European Champions loss 1-0 at home to North Macedonia, a defeat that will leave the Azzurri out of the World Cup for the second straight time. With Italy frustrated for 90 minutes by a heroic North Macedonia defensive performance, Aleksandar Trajkovski struck the only goal [...]
Steve Clarke admits Scotland are feeling the love of the Tartan Army again after they clinched their place as World Cup play-off seeds. The biggest and best win of his time in charge saw the Scots beat Euro 2020 semi-finalists Denmark 2-0 – wrecking the runaway group winners’ perfect record – and securing a one-off [...]
Alvaro Morata’s late goal helped Spain qualify for the 2022 World Cup and consigned Sweden to the play-offs. Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen tipped Dani Olmo’s shot on to the crossbar with Morata on hand to tap the ball in after 86 minutes. The result means Spain have qualified for a 12th consecutive World Cup finals. [...]
A strong Belgium side were hardly at their best in Brussels but did enough against Estonia to ensure they will in Qatar. In Brussels, Belgium created a first chance after five minutes when Benteke cut inside and fired a left-footed shot that took a deflection over the crossbar. Belgium took the lead six minutes later [...]
Kylian Mbappe scored his first hat-trick for France as the reigning world champions secured their place at next year’s World Cup in Qatar in style by thrashing Kazakhstan. Mbappe got four of the eight goals, with the striker’s first three coming in the opening 30 minutes. He completed the rout with a late fourth. Mbappe’s [...]
