The Kansas City Stadium is a curious theatre for a World Cup qualifier. Tonight, it will be painted overwhelmingly in the yellow of Ecuador, a nation...
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Brighton and Hexham are set to lock horns this Sunday in a fixture that has the feel of a late season squeaky bum time encounter. Both sides know the...
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For the first time in twelve years, since that glorious night at the Maracanã, Germany have booked their passage beyond the group stage of a World Cu...
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When the chips are down and the clock is ticking, you need a cool head and a sharper instinct. Germany found both in Deniz Undav. His 94th minute fini...
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Julian Nagelsmann has never been one for the quiet life, and his team selection for this World Cup showdown against Côte d'Ivoire proves the point. T...
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Let's not pretend this is a straightforward World Cup tie. Germany, for all their tournament pedigree, walk onto the pitch this afternoon with a lineu...
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There is a quiet revolution brewing in the German camp, and it wears the number 23 shirt of a teenager. Julian Nagelsmann, a man whose tactical flexib...
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The World Cup is a tournament built on narratives, and this evening in Dortmund, we are presented with a fascinating subplot. Julian Nagelsmann's Germ...
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Houston might be a long way from Amsterdam, but for the Netherlands, it felt like a home away from home on Saturday night. Ronald Koeman's side served...
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It turns out Sweden do not have a monopoly on old fashioned centre forward play. They were schooled in it here by Brian Brobbey, who was brought into...
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The World Cup stage is a curious marketplace. For the scouts in the stands and the directors chewing on their pens, tonight's clash between Germany an...
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There is a peculiar tension that grips a World Cup qualifier when the result matters less than the performance. For Sweden, this evening's clash with...
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