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WHAT AN EXCITING MATCH THIS WAS THIS ON SATURDAY 09/05/2026, WITH MAN CITY FACING AN EXTREEEEMELY WELL-ORGANISED BRENTFORD (WHO CUT SOME DEFENSIVE MOVES THAT EVEN PEP MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN BEFORE! I.E. RUNNING ON THE SPOT JUST TO CONFUSE (KEEPY-UPPY STYLE.)😊 IT WAS A BRILLIANT AFTERNOON, AND MAN CITY WERE UNABLE TO GET PAST BRENTFORD UNTIL THE SECOND-HALF, SUCH WAS BRENTFORD’S TENACITY. THERE WAS LOT’S OF FRUSTRATION FROM BOTH SIDES WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, AND MORE THAN A LITTLE ARGEY-BARGEY, (AND YELLOW CARDS.) DOKU NEARLY SCORED AN EARLY GOAL IN THE FIRST-HALF, BUT KELLEHER DUCKED DOWN FOR A LOW SAVE, AND HAALAND HEADED ONE INTO GOAL, WITH KELLEHER ONCE AGAIN MAKING A GOOD SAVE, AND HAALAND’S THIRD HEADER WAS BLOCKED BY COLLINS. BRENTFORD MADE 309 PASSES, WITH A 77...

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...

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...

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

IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE EASY PLAYING IN A MATCH LIKE THIS, WITH BOTH TEAMS HAVING THE WEIGHT OF HISTORY RESTING ON THEIR SHOULDERS.  ARGENTINIAN FANS HAD MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY HAD A HISTORICAL SCORE TO SETTLE, PLACING THAT RESPONSIBILITY FIRMLY ON THE SHOULDERS OF MESSI & CO.  AND WITH THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES SEEMINGLY FEELING EXACTLY THE SAME WAY! THE MATCH WAS EXTREMELY PHYSICAL FROM THE WORD GO, BUT ENGLAND COPED WELL WITH THE MUSCULAR STYLE OF ARGENTINIAN PLAY AND STOOD UP FOR THEMSELVES, MAKING 331 PASSES WITH AN 84% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAVING 6 SHOTS WITH 3 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNING GOAL FROM ANTHONY GORDON AT 55 MINS., WHICH ARGENTINA SEEMED UNPREPARED FOR!  AND FROM THEN-ON, AND WITH THE BACKING OF THE WRATH OF THEIR FANS, ARGENTINA WENT HELL-FOR-LEATHER TO BEAT THE THRE...

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...