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 [...]
Louis van Gaal has announced he would be leaving his current post as manager of the Netherlands, after being eliminated by Argentina in a penalty shootout in the 2022 World Cup Quarter-Finals. Understandably it was a downcast van Gaal who answered a handful of questions after the Netherlands’ quarter-final defeat by Argentina, will be replaced [...]
The Qatar 2022 World Cup starts in little over a month. The unique winter tournament means that many of the world’s top stars playing club football right up until a week before the tournament starts. That has to be causing a lot of sleepless nights for national teams managers across the world. An injury now [...]
The qualifying draw for Euro 2020 has been made and with any draw, some nations are much happier with their opponents than others. The likes of Italy and England will be pleased with the draw but and Holland have been left cursing their luck. Winners Italy After failing to qualify for World Cup, the Azzurri [...]
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 [...]
Holland scored twice in the last five minutes to recover from two goals down and earn a 2-2 draw against relegated Germany in the Nations League, thereby securing a spot in next year’s finals ahead of world champions France. Virgil van Dijk struck a close-range volley in stoppage time to equalise for the visitors after [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
As London burns, the FA has listened to the police and rightly decided to cancel Wednesday’s friendly at Wembley between England and Holland. An FA statement read: “Following the events in Greater London, the FA has this morning held discussions with the Metropolitan Police, the Government and Brent Council. We have received clear advice that [...]
