It's the day before the FIFA World Cup 2018 semi-final and many fans and pundits are asking how can England beat Croatia? At the start of the tournament, we profiled England, and focused on the importance of Harry Kane but how else can England beat Croatia? Eight of England’s eleven...
Whilst all the big names kept struggling to survive at least for the next round, there has been the emergence of another 'Golden Generation' from Group G of FIFA World Cup 2018, now shining in the semifinals. From beating small teams like Panama and Tunisia to crashing out a team...
The semi-final between France and Belgium should be an interesting tactical battle between two teams using two different playing styles. Didier Deschamps’ side look to be slight favourites but both squads are organised and have weapons to damage the opponent. More so than Argentina, Belgium are a strong team stocked with...
After 28 years Three Lions reached the semifinals at a World Cup. In 1990 at Italy England with Lineker on board defeated Cameroon with a late goal in the extra time, now won easily by 2-0 against Sweden. Sweden massive defence Janne Andersson’s side had a strong, firm defence which...
The fourth quarterfinal of this FIFA World Cup 2018 between Russia and Croatia proved to be a firecracker of a game. The hosts gave it everything but Croatia's quality proved too much. Still, it took a penalty shoot-out to decide a restless encounter. The last two remaining Eastern European sides...
It was the big highlight of the Quarterfinals. Brazil vs Belgium, many expected an offensive spectacle and, in the end, both teams showed their qualities. However, not Brazil reached the next round, it was Belgium, the Golden Generation played great counter-attacking football. In a tight game with lots of chances...
Yesterday, France proved just how fine the margins between victory and defeat are as they edged past Uruguay with a 2-0 win. Over the course of the game, the absence of Edinson Cavani eventually took its toll on Uruguay who missed his presence up top. As for France, they benefited...
Despite they surprisingly reached FIFA World Cup round-of-8, Russia is still considered an over-performing team and arguably the weaker side in the sweet eight. The Sbornaya are clearly underdogs against a squad as Croatia that features one of the best midfield in the tournament. That said, Croatia’s performance against Denmark...
The first of Saturday's quarter-finals sees Sweden take on England in a clash between two sides who are low on creativity. The two sides have scored six and nine goals in four games respectively, with Sweden's 3-0 win over Mexico and England's 6-1 demolition of Panama skewing those numbers. It...
Before the World Cup began, the majority of England fans would have seen the quarter-final stages as a minimum achievement for a successful campaign. However most would not have expected Sweden to be their nation’s quarter-final opponents and consequently the Three Lions now find themselves as favourites to reach what...
Reputation means very little to Russia in the 2018 World Cup, just ask Spain, and although Croatia come into this match favourites in many peoples eyes the main task facing them is finding a way to break down the Russian defensive structure. In the round of 16, the Russian strategy...
Landing the top spot in the Group B of FIFA World Cup 2018, Spain seemed to be one of the favourites to fall in the semi-final set of the tournament, something which is now just a fantasy for many. Four years back, Spain's terrible performance against the Netherlands in the opening fixture of Brazil 2014...
France has all it takes to win the FIFA World Cup 2018. Be it a strong midfield, world-class strikers, and strong aerial ability at the attacking front. However, their Quarterfinal clash against Uruguay could be the hardest battle they have and would face in Russia 2018 - if they are...
Out of all the sides left in the World Cup at the quarter-final stage, Belgium are perhaps the ones with the most to prove to the watching world. They were incredibly fortunate to come through their round of 16 match against an impressive Japanese side but in all honesty, the...
After defeating Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Round of 16, Óscar Tabárez's Uruguay have been drawn against a strong France side. Kylian Mbappé terrorised Argentina in the last round as France won 4-3, ending Lionel Messi's World Cup hopes. With Edinson Cavani likely to miss out through...
Brazil was widely tipped as a potential winner of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia and it's been so far so good for the Brazilians. After topping a difficult group, they sealed their passage into the last eight by beating Mexico 2-0. This strong nation will class anything other...
Following a couple of decent performances against more talented sides such as France and Denmark, Bert van Marwijk’s Australia failed against Peru. The 2-0 loss to Peruvians means Socceroos failed to keep a clean sheet for 12 consecutive World Cup games. But, above all, Australia confirmed their lack of offensive...
The last matchday of Group B provided the game between Spain and Morocco. This was the duel of a world class team with high expectations and a nation which competes at a World Cup again after 20 years. La Roja needed a win in order to qualify for Round 16...
The 2018 World Cup is yet to fail in giving us drama and last night was no different. After 120 minutes possibly now the most famous England penalty shoot-out saw the Three Lions triumph over Colombia in what was another greatly tense World Cup knockout game. Looking at England’s tournament...
Sweden's emergence as a force in the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage was not foreseen by most football journalists or fans. Their story was made even more tantalizing when they defeated Switzerland — a trendy pre-tournament pick to get far in the competition — with a complete performance. One...
