Pele, along with Diego Maradona is considered to be one of the greatest players to play the beautiful sport. This is a man who was the joint winner of the FIFA Player of the Century award and was voted the Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee. He was the icon during the 1950’s throughout the 1970’s. He took Brazil to their three World Cup wins during 1958, 1962 and 1970. According to…
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Round of 16: Spain vs Morocco (1 – 1) (0-3)pen Highlights, Post Match Review & Key Events
Match Report For the first time ever, Morocco has advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals after Spain missed three penalties in a nail-biting shootout that followed a 120-minute scoreless draw. Spain’s attack flaws were exposed when they were finally eliminated with just one shot on target during the whole game, their lowest-ever total in a World Cup game. Nayef Aguerd of West Ham, a center-back, missed Morocco’s finest opportunity of the opening period with a…
Read MoreRound of 16: Portugal vs Switzerland (6 – 1) Highlights, Post Match Review & Key Events
Match Report In lieu of Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal defeated Switzerland 6-1 in the World Cup round of 16, and Goncalo Ramos scored a hat-trick. Portugal had no misgivings about benching Ronaldo. The build-up to the knockout match was dominated by Ronaldo’s response to his substitution in Portugal’s previous game, and his relegation put an end to a run of 31 games he had started for his country in tournament finals. Portugal advanced to the World…
Read MoreRound of 16: Brazil vs South Korea (4 – 1) Highlights, Post Match Review & Key Events
Match Report The fact that the beautiful third goal by Richarlison was set up by the centre back combination of Marquinhos and Thiago Silva speaks volumes about the mind-boggling level of technical skill possessed by this Brazil team. From the front to the back, they were all in it, playing with South Korea and dishing out harsh punishment. Their brilliant first-half performance, although being against weak competition, served as a reminder of why Brazil is…
Read MoreRound of 16: Japan vs Croatia (1 – 1) (1-3) pen Highlights, Post Match Review & Key Events
Match Report After a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes, Croatia defeated Japan 3-1 on penalties, with Dominik Livakovic making three saves. As a result, Croatia advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals. Japan sought to defeat their third straight European opponent after shocking victories over Germany and Spain in the group stages. It was the first knockout game to play an additional 30 minutes in Qatar.Both goals were scored after the half. After some shaky Croatian…
Read MoreRound of 16: England vs Senegal (3 – 0) Highlights, Post Match Review & Key Events
Match Report England breezed over Senegal with a 3-0 victory in the round of 16, setting up a crucial World Cup quarterfinal matchup with the reigning champions France. At the Al Bayt Stadium, England picked up steam after a slow start when Jude Bellingham skillfully set up Jordan Henderson for the game’s first goal in the 39th minute. Just before halftime, Bellingham led a brilliant England counterattack, which Harry Kane (45+3) finished off to score…
Read MoreRound of 16: Argentina vs Australia (2 – 1) Highlights, Post Match Review & Key Events
Match Report Argentina beat Australia 2-1 to go to the World Cup quarterfinals, and Lionel Messi shone. Late in the first half, Messi scored the game-changing goal to celebrate his 1,000th senior game, and Julian Alvarez doubled the lead early in the second half thanks to a mistake by Mat Ryan. Argentina had late fright when Craig Goodwin’s strike deflected in off Enzo Fernandez; they were saved by Emiliano Martinez’s superb stop and Lisandro Martinez’s…
Read MoreRound of 16: Netherland vs USA (3 – 1) Highlights, Post Match Review & Key Events
Match Report Denzel Dumfries had a standout performance as the Netherlands defeated the USA 3-1 in their last-16 match to get to the World Cup quarterfinals. The Netherlands took the lead in the first half thanks to goals from Memphis Depay (10) and Daley Blind (45+1), both of which were swept home similarly from Dumfries crosses. However, the USA forced both the Inter Milan defender and Cody Gakpo to clear off the line before Haji…
Read MoreRound of 16: France vs Poland (3 – 1) Highlights, Post Match Review & Key Events
France vs Poland (3 – 1) Highlights Key Events Post Match Review With his first-half goal and Kylian Mbappe’s second-half double, France defeated Poland 3-1 to go to the quarterfinals and set a new record for men’s goals scored. Giroud’s first-half goal (44) helped propel Les Bleus to a last-16 victory in Doha and set up a quarterfinal match against England on Saturday at 7 p.m. with his 52nd goal for France, breaking Thierry Henry’s…
Read MoreFIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Stadiums
Qatar got the green light to host the FIFA World Cup in 2010. For the last 12 years, Qatar has been hard at work to construct the venues to hold and host spectacular football matches. A total of eight large capacity stadiums have been built to accommodate ocean of people that will flood to see their countries compete. Stadiums are all designed to be operational for the hectic FIFA World Cup 2022 schedule from November…
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