The heat in the stadium was oppressive, the kind that drains your legs and dulls your thinking in the final third. But if anyone expected France to wi...
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The morning papers in Italy are roaring with a familiar, passionate defiance. La GoalZaza dello Sport leads with a fascinating subplot: the Italian fo...
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As the clock ticks past 1.30am in the sprawling, suffocating expanse of Mexico City, one has to wonder: are Gareth Southgate's men actually getting an...
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Rodrygo's latest reflection on the cultural chasm between Brazil and the United States is not merely a piece of travelogue sentiment. It is a stark re...
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For twenty eight long years, Norwegian football has been gripped by a peculiar kind of silent desperation. A nation that once gave us the genius of a...
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For three weeks, the French machine has purred with an almost mechanical elegance. They have swatted aside lesser opposition with a flick of the wrist...
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There are disagreements that belong on the pitch and there are provocations that cross a line into the sewer. José Luis Chilavert, once a goalkeeper...
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In the suffocating heat of a Philadelphia Independence Day, the World Cup favourites decided to leave the champagne on ice. This was not the free flow...
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Thomas Tuchel's England have often felt like a puzzle missing its final piece. For all the tactical rigidity and technical quality, there has been a s...
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Philadelphia served up a World Cup encounter that was far more competitive than the script writers would have liked. France, the pre tournament favour...
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It was billed as a clash of styles, but what we witnessed in that World Cup tie was less a football match and more a cynical exercise in intimidation....
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There is a certain weight that comes with being the tournament favourite. It is a burden that France, for all their sprezzatura and depth, have carrie...
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