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FIFA World Cup 2018
FIFA World Cup 2018: Mexico
Mexico could become one of the most interesting teams of the tournament. They have a lot of interesting players in their squad,…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Switzerland
Switzerland managed to win nine out of ten in the qualifying campaign for the FIFA World Cup in Russia. But the lost…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Belgium
Will the golden generation of Belgian football reach their predestination?  Everyone agreed at one point, this is the best squad in the…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: England
The moans and groans of the most optimistic England supporter are being heard loud and clear with many focusing on the lack…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Colombia
Squad On paper, Colombia have a fantastic squad, blessed with a mixture of young talent and solid experienced players. The young centre-back…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Japan
Squad At odds of 12/5 Japan are the longest odds to qualify from Group H, but I have a feeling their squad…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Costa Rica
In the 2014 World Cup in Brazil Costa Rica were one of the surprise packages, playing attacking and exciting football they reached…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Tunisia
Tunisia are back for their first World Cup since 2006. The Eagles of Carthage have never made it out of the group…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Senegal
Squad On paper Senegal has a strong squad, filled with players playing in top leagues such as the Bundesliga, Premier League and…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Panama
Of all the teams competing this summer at the World Cup in Russia it is perhaps Panama who are the biggest dark…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Poland
The term ‘golden generation’ is one that emerges ahead of every major international tournament and the 2018 in Russia is no exception…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: How can Brazil beat Belgium?
Brazil was widely tipped as a potential winner of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia and it’s been so far so…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Why Uruguay will beat France (and why they won’t)
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…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: How Belgium can beat Brazil
Out of all the sides left in the World Cup at the quarter-final stage, Belgium are perhaps the ones with the most…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: How France can beat Uruguay
France has all it takes to win the FIFA World Cup 2018. Be it a strong midfield, world-class strikers, and strong aerial…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: How Croatia can beat Russia
Reputation means very little to Russia in the 2018 World Cup, just ask Spain, and although Croatia come into this match favourites…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: How Sweden can beat England
The first of Saturday’s quarter-finals sees Sweden take on England in a clash between two sides who are low on creativity. The…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA WORLD CUP 2018: How Russia can beat Croatia
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…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: How France can beat Belgium
The semi-final between France and Belgium should be an interesting tactical battle between two teams using two different playing styles. Didier Deschamps’ side…
January 25, 2020
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FIFA World Cup 2018: How England can beat Croatia
It’s the day before the FIFA World Cup 2018 semi-final and many fans and pundits are asking how can England beat Croatia?…
January 25, 2020
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