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FRANCE MADE 408 PASSES, WITH AN 87% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 7 CORNERS, 49% POSSESSION, AND 14 SHOTS WITH 4 ON-TARGET, BUT NO GOALS IN LAST NIGHT’S MATCH AGAINST SPAIN, WHO PUT UP A STRONG DEFENSE. (IT WAS, INDEED, A VERY PHYSICAL MATCH, WITH 11 FOULS ON THE FRENCH SIDE, AND 2 YELLOW CARDS, AND 12 FOULS ON THE SPANISH SIDE, WITH 1 YELLOW CARD – BUT NO REDS FROM THE WISE REF!) SPAIN MADE 487 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 51% POSSESSION, AND 10 SHOTS WITH 2 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKING PENALTY FROM MIKEL OYARZABAL AT 22 MINS., AFTER LUCAS DIGNE WENT FOR THE BALL, BUT DID NOT SEE LAMINE YAMAL BEHIND HIM AND ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT HIM ON THE KNEE (DEEMED A HIGH BOOT BY THE REF.) WHICH IS WHEN SPAIN WERE AWARDED A PENALTY. (YOU CAN SEE WHY OYARZABAL IS SUCH A GOOD GOAL-SCORER, HI...

AS WE WAIT FOR THE EXCITING MATCH BETWEEN NORWAY VS BRAZIL LATER, LET’S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THEIR RECENT MATCH AGAINST IRAQ, WHEN, IF IT WAS SOME ‘HAALAND MAGIC’ YOU WERE EXPECTING IN THE MATCH BETWEEN IRAQ AND NORWAY, HE DID NOT DISAPPOINT ON HIS DEBUT WORLD CUP APPEARANCE, PLUS THERE WAS LOT’S OF OTHER DYNAMISM FROM BOTH TEAMS ALSO! NORWAY MADE 530 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 63% POSSESSION, AND 12 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A MAGNIFICENT BRACE FROM ERLING HAALAND AT 29 MINS. AND 43 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, AND A CRACKER FROM LEO OSTIGARD AT 76 MINS! IRAQ PUT ON AN ENERGETIC AND COMPACT PERFORMANCE, MAKING 335 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, AND 11 SHOTS WITH 1 ON-TARGET WHICH SUCCESSFULLY REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET WITH VIGOUR FROM AYMEN HUSSEIN ...

A LITTLE LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX FROM THE VERY START….!

WHAT EXCITEMENT LAST NIGHT IN THE MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND VS DR CONGO!  IT WAS DR CONGO’S BRIAN CIPENGA WHO SCORED THE FIRST GOAL, AT JUST 7 MINS. INTO THE MATCH LAST NIGHT, WHICH GAVE THE THREE LIONS A DEFINITIVE HEADS-UP OF EXACTLY HOW THIS MATCH WOULD BE.  AN EXTREMELY TOUGH ONE.  ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO WILL KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE ARE ALL ABOUT SURVIVAL.  THE DR CONGO SQUAD ARE A TOUGH BUNCH OF SKILFUL PLAYERS, WITH AN EXTREMELY STRONG MINDSET TOBOOT, AND THEREFORE ENGLAND SEEMINGLY REALISED EARLY DOORS THAT THEY NEEDED TO ADAPT QUICKLY, AND BECOME, LET’S SAY, A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE ALONG THE WAY, IF THEY WERE GOING TO REACH-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET IN THIS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT GAME.😊 DR CONGO MADE AN IMPRESSIVE 346 PASS...