FIFA is expected to announce a huge expansion for the 2026 World Cup, with 48 teams playing a total of 104 games across the tournament. The 2026 World Cup will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico with 48 teams set to compete in 12 groups of 4. This will lead to a [...]
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EURO 2024 qualifying matches kick off in March where a couple of European heavyweights have been drawn against each other. EURO 2024 qualifying will give us Holland versus France and Italy versus England. EURO 2024 will take place across ten cities in Germany from 14 June to 14 July 2024. The opening game will take [...]
Romelu Lukaku punched the side of the dugout and was consoled as he sat with his shirt pulled over his head after the 0-0 draw with Croatia and it was clearly an outpouring of frustration for his role in Belgium’s early exit from the World Cup. But perhaps it was also frustration at what feels [...]
One of France, Germany and Portugal may face an early exit after being drawn together in Group F for Euro 2020 in what has already been dubbed the ‘Group of Death’. They will be joined in the so-called ‘Group of Death’ by a team from Path A/D following the tournament draw in Bucharest. That Path [...]
The 2020 EURO qualification just got a little more interesting with the news that UEFA has confirmed that Italy will be in Pot 1 and that Germany and Iceland will be in pot 2. Joining Italy will be seeded alongside Belgium, France, Spain, Croatia and Poland. Switzerland, Portugal, Netherlands and England are in their own [...]
FIFPro, the worldwide players’ union, and FIFA have announced the 55 names in contention for the FIFA FIFPro World11 2018. The FIFA FIFPro World11 is decided by the players, for the players and involves votes from almost 25,000 professional footballers from 65 different countries. During voting, they each select one goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders [...]
On Tuesday we got to see two of the favorites for the World Cup in action as dark horse Belgium played their first game of the tournament against and Algeria and host nation Brazil entertained Mexico. Whether it was first game nerves,or the pressure of being their so called “golden generation: Belgium were not impressive [...]
In a big night of European World Cup qualifying, five of the nine group leaders closed in on Brazil with wins. Belgium, Italy and Germany all took a giant step towards Brazil, as did the Netherlands, despite being held to a shock draw in Estonia. Montenegro, who secured a useful point in Poland, were joined [...]
The USA were outcoached, outplayed and outmanned by a superior Belgium side last night, losing 4-2 in Cleveland before 27,720 fans last night. Good teams take advantage of their opponents mistakes and that is what Belgium did. All four Belgium goals came as a direct result of US defensive mistakes and that has to worry [...]
The Azzurri enjoyed a commanding victory over Belgium yesterday thanks in large part to a brace from Antonio Di Natale. The Udinese forward’s two first-half goals were too much for the Red Devils to overcome. Midfielder Mauro Camoranesi of Juventus scored Italy’s final goal of the match. Juve stars Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon, and [...]
