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Romelu Lukaku: The Pace and Power Debate
Prior to the beginning of the 2018 World Cup, many called for Romelu Lukaku to be dropped from Roberto Martinez’s line-up, stating his incompatibility with the other Belgian attackers as their main reason for concern. Four appearances later, these same people should be looking back at their hot takes with shame. The Manchester United attacker…
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La Vida sin Zlatan
“Creo que hemos jugado muy bien estos dos años sin él. Es el mejor jugador que hemos tenido en Suecia, pero hemos aprendido a jugar sin él y creo que lo hemos hecho bien, debemos continuar de la misma forma” Marcus Berg Que la selección de Suecia que dirige Janne Andersson, se encuentre en cuartos de…
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The Autopsy of Egypt’s World Cup Collapse
When Mohamed Salah scored a 95th minute penalty to send Egypt to its first World Cup since 1990, the entire nation rejoiced, and every Egypt fan fell into a child-like state of joy and hope. Egypt had just barely squeezed its way into the World Cup, and when the group stage draw was revealed two months…
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Scouting World Cup Stars: Oghenekaro Etebo
Five days before Nigeria’s opening World Cup game against Croatia at the World Cup, news broke that Oghenekaro Peter Etebo had joined Stoke City from Portuguese side Feirense on a five-year contract for €7.2million. Etebo had reportedly turned down interest from a host of Premier League sides, including Leicester, West Brom and Newcastle United to…
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How England overcame the ghosts of their past to finally win a World Cup shootout
It has been 52 long years of hurt; yet the quiet optimism of England fans has exploded into a worldwide meme and a genuine belief that the nation can go all the way. Last night saw one of the worst fixtures in World Cup history as both England and Colombia put competition above honour. England…
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La Deformación del Juego de Posición
“Andrés Iniesta es el Juego de Posición,”-Oscar Cano Moreno. Hoy en el partido entre Rusia contra España fuimos testigos de la deformación del Juego de Posición para asentarse en eso que se hace llamar “Tiki-taka”, lo cual Guardiola odia, porque explica que eso solo es pasarse el balón de un lado a otro lado sin…
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Kosovo: The Disputed Territory
In a recent match that took place in Group E of the World Cup, Serbia played Switzerland in Matchday 2 of 3 in the group stage. A dramatic contest, the Serbians scored first but were unable to preserve their lead, conceding 2 unanswered goals to the Swiss – goals supplied in the second half by…
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How Tite Rebuilt the Seleção
2014 – 2018 / Positive Change The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it. This was always the thought until the latter stages of the 2014 World Cup. Following the Mineirazo, or Brazil’s “game of shame” against Germany in the semi final of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, a dark cloud lingered over Brazilian…
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The 90 minutes that VAR was tested
VAR was always going to be a talking point in this World Cup. Whether you think it can benefit the game by weeding out all of the wrong decisions throughout a game, or if you think it will ruin the game because all of the pauses that will disturb the run of play, we were…
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Amine Harit lets adolescent brother drive his car; crashes and kills pedestrian
UPDATE: June 30, 9:25 a.m. ET. Marrakesh police have confirmed that Amine Harit was driving the car that was responsible for the fatal car accident, and not his brother. Full story (in Arabic) here: https://www.elbotola.com/article/2018-06-30-13-01-838.html. 15 days after making his World Cup debut for Morocco, Amine Harit’s career may very well be over. Reports emerged…
