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 [...]
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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 [...]
Marcus Rashford and Jude Bellingham have been recalled to the England squad for this month’s World Cup qualifiers with Albania and San Marino but there is no place in the squad for Rashford’s Manchester United team-mates Jadon Sancho and Jesse Lingard. England play Albania at Wembley on 12 November before rounding off their qualifying campaign [...]
Germany thumped Armenia 6-0 in Stuttgart in World Cup qualifying. That made it two wins from two under new manager Hansi Flick. Serge Gnabry got Germany off to a flying start with two goals in the first 15 minutes before Marco Reus and Timo Werner took the scoreline to 4-0 before the interval, the latter [...]
The Euro 2020 round of 16 matches are all set and some teams have a much easier path to the final than others. In one side of the bracket, England will face Germany at Wembley while Wales take on Denmark in Amsterdam. Should England come through their last-16 clash, they would have a quarter-final against [...]
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 [...]
Luis Enrique made his official return as head coach of the Spain team on Wednesday morning in Madrid, admitting that he felt betrayed by his former No 2 Robert Moreno. Moreno took over from Luis Enrique in June when he resigned to care for his nine-year-old daughter Xana before she died of bone cancer in [...]
Roberto Mancini has extended his contract as Italy boss until 2022 after sealing qualification for Euro 2020. Mancini has honoured a clause in his deal to commit his future for another three years, having transformed Italy’s fortunes since taking charge in May 2018. Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup less than two years [...]
