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WHAT A SUPERB NIGHT FOR ENGLAND IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST FRANCE, WHICH WAS FULL OF EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY FROM START TO FINISH IN A FANTASTIC TEN-GOAL-THRILLER! FRANCE MADE 414 PASSES, WITH A 92% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 3 CORNERS, AND 18 SHOTS WITH 9 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A BRILLIANT BRACE FROM KYLIAN MBAPPE AT 48 MINS. AND 66 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, AND TWO FURTHER CRACKERS FROM BRADLEY BARCOLA AT 54 MINS., AND OUSMANE DEMBELE IN STOPPAGE TIME AT 90 +6 MINS! ENGLAND MADE 475 PASSES, WITH A 92% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 55% POSSESSION), 4 CORNERS, AND 18 SHOTS WITH 10 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 6 GREAT GOALS IN TOTAL, STARTING WITH A SUPERB MATCH OPENER FROM DECLAN RICE AT JUST 3 MINS., AND FURTHER STUNNERS EZRI KONSA AT 18 MINS., A HAT-TRICK FROM BUKAYO SAKA AT 37 MINS., 45 +1 MINS., AND 87 MINS. (P)  AND A FINAL...

THE SPAIN VS ARGENTINA FINAL WAS AN EXTREMELY CAGEY AFFAIR WITH NEITHER SIDE ABLE TO GET PAST EACH OTHER, IN THE FIRST 90 MINS. SPAIN MADE 803 PASSES, WTH A 90% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 20 SHOTS WITH 11 ON-TARGET, (PLUS 68% POSSESSION) IN THE FIRST 90 MINS., WITH ARGENTINA MAKING 445 PASSES, WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, AND 3 SHOTS WITH O ON TARGET!  AND IT WAS EXTREEEEMELY PHYSICAL WITH  MUCH ‘ARGEY-BARGEY’. INDEED, ARGENTINA MADE 24 FOULS, RECEIVED 5 YELLOW CARDS, AND 1 RED CARD FOR ENZO FERNANDEZ AT 90 +3 MINS. AND SPAIN MADE 21 FOULS, RECEIVED 0 YELLOW CARDS, AND 0 RED CARDS IN THE FIRST 90 MINS. !   SO, AFTER 90 MINS. IT WAS 0 – 0 AND WENT ONTO EXTRA TIME, WITH ARGENTINA NOW DOWN TO 10 MEN FOLLOWING FERNANDEZ’ RED CARDED CHALLENGE ON PAU CUBARSI.  (WITH MANY NOW WON...

WHAT AN EXCITING EVENT THE MEXICO VS ENGLAND MATCH WAS AT THE AZTECA STADIUM THIS MORNING, (WHEN IT EVENTUALLY KICKED OFF), AS THERE HAD BEEN MUCH BACKWARDS-AND-FORWARDSING OVER THE TIMINGS OF THE MATCH TO TRY AND ACCOMODATE THE WEATHER, AND RIGHT UP UNTIL AN HOUR BEFORE, THE MATCH WAS DELAYED DUE TO LIGHTNING STORMS, WHICH LEFT 80,824 MEXICAN FANS, AND 15,000 ENGLISH FANS WAITING AS KICK-OFF WAS DELAYED. WHEN THE GAME STARTED THE NOISE WAS DEAFENING, AS IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAMES IN MEXICO’S HISTORY.  IN ADDITION TO THE ENGLAND FANS IN THE STADIUM, THERE WERE AROUND THE SAME NUMBER IN THE BARS OF MEXICO CITY, AS THIS MATCH WAS SEEN AS A PARTICULAR HIGHLIGHT! THE THREE LIONS SEEMED PREPARED WHEN THEY WALKED INTO THE GLADIATORIAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE AZTECA.  IT MUST HAVE BEEN A BI...

LET’S HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT SOME OF THE SUPERB GOALS ENGLAND HAVE SCORED DURING THE WORLD CUP!

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 ...