Tag: World Cup news

  • Japan vs Costa Rica Match Highlights

    Japan vs Costa Rica Match Highlights

    Japan’s insipid performance threatens their World Cup ambitions. It’s hard to understand Japan’s gameplan against Costa Rica on Sunday at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium. They likely wanted to give the opponents a false feeling of security. That’s the only way to explain a mediocre first half from both teams, which left 41,479 fans wondering what…

  • Morocco vs Belgium Match Highlights

    Morocco vs Belgium Match Highlights

    Abdelhamid Sabiri scored a goal for Morocco during their World Cup match against Belgium on Sunday, which took place in Group F of the tournament. His goal was struck from an audaciously tight angle, and fellow substitute Zakaria Aboukhlal added a second for Morocco in stoppage time to make the score 2-0. After all was…

  • Japan wants to create a FIFA World Cup mess while its followers clean up.

    Japan wants to create a FIFA World Cup mess while its followers clean up.

    For a second straight FIFA World Cup, Japan’s supporters cleaned up stadiums following games. While fascinating to outsiders, this is prevalent in Japanese culture. Orderly and courteous. They seek to leave a place as they found it. Even the Samurai Blue clean their dressing rooms. Perhaps cleaner than before. Not that Japanese players aren’t messing…

  • Argentina vs Mexico Match Highlights

    Argentina vs Mexico Match Highlights

    Heroic Messi rescues Argentina’s World Cup as Mexico’s tactics fail. Lionel Messi and Enzo Fernandez scored to preserve Argentina from elimination in Group C. Before 88,966 people at Lusail Stadium, the match was tense with several fouls but little chances. Messi opened the scoring in the second half with a perfectly-placed shot in the 64th…

  • USA vs England Match Highlights

    USA vs England Match Highlights

    The U.S. played well against England in World Cup Group B, but couldn’t get a goal. Weston McKennie and Yunus Musah dominated in midfield for Gregg Berhalter’s team. Christian Pulisic’s laser-guided shot hit the crossbar in the first half, but he couldn’t score. Gareth Southgate will have concerns about his midfield and offence heading into…

  • Portugal vs Ghana Match Highlights

    Portugal vs Ghana Match Highlights

    FIFA tribunal calls Ronaldo’s pen choice “brilliant” FIFA’s expert World Cup assessors called Cristiano Ronaldo’s disputed penalty for Portugal’s 3-2 triumph against Ghana “brilliant.” Ronaldo became the first male player to score at five World Cups after scoring a penalty he earned when hauled down by Ghana’s Mohammed Salisu. Ghana coach Otto Addo called it…