It is the kind of story that football loves to tell, the one where a shared history becomes a stark contrast in the present. Once, Will Keane and Harr...
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It is a statistical curiosity that feels almost too neat for the messy theatre of tournament football. Henry Conroy, a reader of GoalZaza, points out...
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Let us be blunt about this. If you are an England defender ahead of Tuesday's semi final, you are not losing sleep over Lionel Messi's age. You are lo...
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Wayne Rooney has never been one to mince words, and his latest verdict will send a shiver down the spine of every defender left in this tournament. Sp...
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This Wednesday night, under the floodlights of a stadium that will hold the collective breath of a nation, England step onto the pitch for what GoalZa...
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The dream is over. France's ambition to become only the third nation in history to reach three consecutive World Cup finals was brutally extinguished...
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As Thomas Tuchel's England side prepare to step out under the Miami sun for a World Cup quarter final against Norway, it is worth taking a breath and...
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Forget the group stage jitters. Forget the quarterfinal heartbreak that has defined a generation. This is different. When England step onto the pitch...
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The World Cup is a cruel mistress. One moment you are draped in your nation's colours, dreaming of glory; the next, you are a ghost in the machine, a...
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Let's be brutally honest for a moment. When a defender from the opposition camp steps up to the microphone and casually reminds everyone that you are...
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