RODRIGUEZ scored three times during the group stages against Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan, before scoring twice against Uruguay. His first was a beautiful volley from 25 yards after ‘chesting’ the ball to control it. However, during the quarter-finals against Brazil, he scored a penalty but his side lost 2-1 after goals by Thiago Silva, […]
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SPORTS fans love an underdog story and the World Cup has provided a number of them down the years. Here are 10 of the most memorable World Cup upsets to have caught the football-loving public’s imagination. Italy vs Germany, 2006 While the eventual champions and three-time winners’ ability to beat anyone might not seem
BELGIUM have never won a World Cup. Nor have they won a European championship. In fact, the only ‘title’ the men’s national team can claim is a gold medal in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. So why it is that in 2018, many fans and pundits think the Diables Rouges have a legitimate chance of winning
DESPITE what cynics blessed with the gift of twenty-twenty hindsight might have you believe, Pele’s suggestion that Colombia would at least make the semi-finals of USA 94 wasn’t a crazy shot in the dark. Those would come later, six of them; bullets fired in a Medellín nightclub car park during a row that occurred in
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ANTICLIMACTIC as it was for those expecting a high-charged game, Brazil’s 1-0 win against Germany in Berlin on Tuesday nevertheless offered some interesting observations about the Selecao’s state of affairs for Russia 2018. But apart from the fact that the absence of Neymar did not throw the team into meltdown mode, what else was learnt?
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HERE’S a look at who have booked their tickets for the plane to Russia (assured of a place in their World Cup squad), who are in the Departure Lounge (could make it, could miss out) and who are stuck in traffic (likely to miss out) as the race to reach the biggest show on earth
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