Brazil thrash Argentina
Brazil made it 5 wins in 5 qualifying games with a 3 – 0 win over Argentina.Coutinho handed them...
Category: World Cup 2018
Argentina miss Messi
Paraguay shocked Argentina 1 – 0 and the absence of Lionel Messi was keenly felt.Which begs the question -what...
Dull as ditchwater
The highlights of England’s ponderous 0- 0 draw against Slovenia are about as interesting as yonder picture of ditchwater...
Germany brush Northern Ireland aside
Germany are looking more formidable than ever as they notched up their third successive win.The northern end of Ireland...
Norwegian Commentators plunge into despair
Norway beat San Marino 4 -1 in their World Cup qualifier.However when the score was 1 – 0,San Marino,by...
Pogba scores winner against Holland
Paul Pogba took France past Holland with a goal struck from way out in the middle distance.The shot was...
Andre Silva scores first hat trick for Portugal
For a change Cristiano Ronaldo got left in the shade.Andre Silva bagged the limelight by scoring his first hat...
Christian Benteke scores fastest World Cup Qualifier goal
Benteke scored a goal in 8.1 seconds. Uefa said the goal was all of 0.2 seconds faster than the...
Omer Toprak scores unfortunate own goal for Turkey
Iceland continue their remarkable run that began in Euro 2016.They have never qualified for the World Cup before but...
Macedonia give Italy a good fright
Minnows Macedonia almost pulled off the World Cup qualifying shock of the century- but then managed to lose to...
Wes Hoolahan demonstrates the defence splitting pass
Since the last post was about Mesut Ozil and his skill in providing assists here’s an example of a...
Ozil finally gets an assist this season
Mesut Ozil had notched up 19 assists last season.He was just one short of Thierry Henry’s record of 20...
The writing on the wall
Rooney needs to get a new set of glasses – because he can’t read the writing on the wall....
Brazil back to their brilliant best.
Neymar ponders the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune after getting an elbow in the face in Brazil’s 5...
France hammer Bulgaria 4 – 1
Mihail Alexandrov scored an early penalty and Bulgaria were in the lead. It was to prove to be a...
Ronaldo goes on a scoring spree.
Ronaldo came back to the national side again and made up for lost time by scoring four goals against...
Wales hold Austria to a 2 -2 draw
Joe Allen’s third goal in as many games was a stunner of a volley. However after that Marko Arnautovic...
Iceland beat Finland with controversial last second goal
Iceland’s Ragnar Sigurdsson scored a controversial dying seconds goal to beat Finland 2 -2. Suspicion that he may have...
Italy ride their luck to hold Spain
Spain dominated the first half and Italy were pretty much outplayed.They were just lucky that Spain could not score...
Uruguay top group with 4 – 0 win over Paraguay
Luis Suarez was the main architect as his team emerged decisive winners in the battle of the “guays” when...
Argentina snatch a draw from the jaws of defeat
In other world cup 2018 action from the South American end of the planet Argentina came back from being...
Brazil continue winning spree
Calling two wins in two games a winning spree might be a bit of hyperbole by Brazil are definitely...
Portugal lose against Switzerland
Portugal entered the fray without Cristiano Ronaldo again and this time they lost. Perhaps its because he was not...
Buffon gets chipped
Buffon lies on the ground where he has fallen and thinks grim thoughts. In Italy’s world cup qualifier against...
Road to Russia – World Cup Qualifiers continued
Spain opened World Cup qualification for Russia 2018 with a bang by romping to a 8-0 victory over Liechtenstein....
Adam Lallana, last minute hero connects to sink 10 man Slovakia
Sam Allardyce’s first meaningful match in charge and he barely escaped the blushes. Martin Skrtel last seen in Liverpool...
Weekend World Cup qualifying games
Adam Lallana scored in the 95th minute of the game to give England a 1- 0 win over 10-man...
Tite’s Brazil make a winning start
Brazil made a bright start to their World Cup 2018 qualification by beating Ecuador 3 – 0. Brazil had...
Christian Pulisic scores a brace as the USA cruise past St Vincent 6-0
There were plenty of records either broken or tied as the USA made light of St Vincent in their...
A stain on the conscience of world football
Amnesty International said that abuses of World Cup workers in Qatar is a “stain on the conscience of world...
World Cup 2018 qualifier: In crucial win USA knock four unanswered past Guatemala
No love for Klinsmann. Lando must feel some vindication. Jurgen Klinsmann went to his veterans this time to bolster...
Argentina beat Bolivia comforably
Argentina beat Bolivia 2 – 0 to remain comfortably placed in the qualifying table for World Cup 2018. Bolivia...
Paraguay hold Brazil in 6th place
Paraguay held Brazil to a two all draw and thus Brazil remain in 6th place in the standings.Paraguay are...
Suarez scores comeback equaliser
Suarez made his first competitive start for Uruguay since being handed a nine-match suspension for biting Italy defender Giorgio...
World Cup 2018 qualifier: High flying Mexico finish off Canada
The low key Juan Carlos Osorio has gotten El Tri off to a blinding start. Make it four out...
World Cup 2018 qualifier: Guatemala heap misery on poorly playing mistake prone USA
Jurgen Klinsmann looks a bit sad, so too the national side The regression of the MNT under Jurgen Klinsmann...
Argentina beat Chile in World Cup qualifier
Argentina, meanwhile, have given themselves some breathing space after a scrappy 2 -1 win over Chile. They moved into...
Mario Kempes Stadium unfit for Argentina’s big game
Argentina are going in to their World Cup 2018 qualifier against Bolivia with only 5 points in hand. Despite...
Suarez back in time to play Brazil
Luis Suarez has completed his 9 month ban for taking a bite out of Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014...
Argentina beat Colombia
A Messi- less Argentina’s World Cup Campaign hasn’t been going exactly to plan.But a 1 – 0 win over...
Brazil beat Peru to go third
Brazil beat Peru 3-0 to take third position in the World Cup qualifiers. Douglas Costa, Renato Augusto and Filipe...
Uruguay thrash Chile in World Cup qualifier
Uruguay made their best start in a World Cup qualifying campaign since 1989 and are sitting pretty on nine...
Argentina still search for elusive win
The voodoo curse that some Peruvian fans directed towards Alexis Sanchez seems to have hit Tevez by mistake.Argentina certainly...
Voodoo fails to stop Sanchez
Some misguided Peru fans thought that putting a voodoo curse on Alexis Sanchez would keep him from scoring against...
Willian brace gives Brazil win
Brazil beat Venezuela 3 – 1 in the South American Group of 2018 World Cup qualifiers – their first...
Dunga’s Brazil beaten by Chile in World Cup qualifier
Second-half goals from Eduardo Vargas and Alexis Sanchez saw Chile to a 2-0 win over Brazil in their World...
Ecuador score historic win over Argentina
Ecuador defeated Argentina 2-0 in a 2018 World Cup qualifier. It was the first time that Ecuador had ever...
Vlad Putin says Sepp Blatter deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
“I’ve got a good one for you. What does a Russian oligarch and a FIFA official have in common?”...
2018 World Cup: USA in Group C draw Soca Warriors and two others to be decided
Sepp Blatter and Vlad Putin press flesh. FIFA held is preliminary draw yesterday at St Petersburg for the 2018...