Upamecano starts alongside Raphael Varane after the Manchester United defender also recovered from the virus, while Olivier Giroud starts in front of Kylian Mbappé on his left and Ousmane Dembele on the right. Argentina: Emiliano Martinez, Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico, Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis McAllister, Angel Di Maria, Lionel…
Croatia is hoping that Argentina’s bad-tempered World Cup quarter-final win over the Netherlands with 16 yellow cards and one red card will not end qualification in Tuesday’s semi-final, coach Zlatko Dalic said on Monday. Argentina eventually won on penalties after losing a two-goal lead, but the match was marred by disciplinary breaches from both sides…
“I’m tired but happily tired and … must enjoy the moment, but not too much because today we have to start preparing for Argentina.” Croatia, with a population of more than 3.5 million, has punched above its weight on the international stage for years, but Friday’s result was the biggest upset of the tournament, with…
“Yes, we had a conversation… It had to happen, it’s part of our base. I don’t do this with all my players, but he is the captain of our team. You know what he does for Portuguese football. represents.” Portuguese people and national team. “I invited him to my office (on the day of the…
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“We saw what happened yesterday (when Germany and Belgium were knocked out in the group stage) but it is not surprising. When you say that the big national teams deserve to go to the next stage, it is not always the case. It happens.” In the 2–0 win over Poland, there was an injury concern…
Hidemasa Morita, Yuki Soma and Doan Aoi Tanaka come into the midfield with Takefusa Kubo and Junya Ito ruled out, while Ayase Ueda will start in place of Daizen Maeda. Costa Rica coach Luis Suárez largely kept faith with the team, which suffered a humiliating 7–0 defeat at the hands of Spain in their group…
“We have eight players in the German league, we are grateful to German football for their cooperation. “Their coach and our players (playing in Germany) are helping us to grow and we keep learning from them.” Japan are second in Group E with three points, behind Spain on goal difference. The Asian giants will take…
Poland needed at least a draw to stand any real chance of reaching the last 16 for the first time since 1986 and with Argentina left to play, few would fancy their chances. It seemed that Saturday’s Group C match was not going in Poland’s favor, with their opponents riding the wave of their historic…
Teams: Poland: Wojciech Szczęsny, Kamil Glick, Jakub Kievor, Matty Cash, Bartosz Berezczynski, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Piotr Zielinski, Kristian Bellic, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Arkadiusz Milik, Robert Lewandowski Saudi Arab: Mohammed al-Owais, Abdullah al-Amri, Ali al-Bulahi, Mohammed al-Brik, Mohammed Kanno, Saud Abdulhamid, Abdullah al-Malki, Saleh al-Shehri, Salem al-Dawsari, Firas al-Buraikan, Sami al-Najei .