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WHILST WE WAIT EXCITEDLY FOR THE ENGLAND VS NORWAY WORLD CUP MATCH TONIGHT, LET’S LOOK BACK AT THEIR SUPERB MATCH AGAINST CROATIA! WELL, WELL, WELL, WHAT-A-NIGHT FOR ENGLAND IN THE FIRST MATCH OF THEIR WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN AGAINST CROATIA LAST NIGHT!  ENGLAND MADE 476 PASSES WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 54% POSSESSION, AND WERE TWO-NIL UP BY HALF-TIME, THANKS TO A BRILLIANT BRACE FROM HARRY KANE.  THE FIRST GOAL FROM A PENALTY AT 12 MINS., AND THE SECOND STUNNER AT 42 MINS!  CROATIA MADE 431 PASSES, WITH AN 87% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 11 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING TWO CRACKERS FROM MARTIN BATURINA AT 36 MINS., AND PETAR MUSA AT 45 +5 MINS!  SO IT WAS 2 – 2 AT HALF-TIME! CUE, A TEAM TALK FROM THOMAS TUCHEL, WHO FELT THAT HIS TEAM MIGHT HAVE BEEN PLAYING A BIT TOO CAREFULL...

WHAT A MATCH THIS WAS BETWEEN NORWAY VS ENGLAND, WHICH WAS PACKED FULL OF DRAMA FROM START TO FINISH! WHICH WAS AMAZING REALLY CONSIDERING THE SWELTERING 41 DEGREE CONDITIONS AND HUMIDITY, (AND SOME VERY TIRED LEGS AT THIS BUSINESS-END OF THE COMPETITION – ON BOTH SIDES, ALTHOUGH YOU’D NEVER KNOW IT), BUT THIS MATCH HAD IT ALL! ANY PUNDIT WHO SAYS IT DIDN’T IS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES! MAYBE THEY SHOULD RENAME THEMSELVES “THE WORLD’S UGLIEST PUNDIT!”😂 ECSTATICALLY HAPPY, WELL-BEHAVED FANS WERE CHEERING THEIR HEROES FROM BEGINNING TO END IN THE MIAMI STADIUM, AND IT WAS, IN FACT, NORWAY’S ANDREAS SCHJELDERUP WHO SAW AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER HARRY KANE WAS ON THE GROUND STILL AFTER A CLUMSY CROSS, TAKING JORDAN PICKFORD UNAWARES,...

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ANOTHER LOOK AT THE MANCHESTER CITY SQUAD AS THEY PREPARED FOR THE MATCH WHICH MADE HISTORY FOR THEM BY BECOMING PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR FOUR YEARS IN A ROW…!  THE HEAT IS ON AGAIN FOR THE PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE – EXCITING TIMES! BY AMANDA WATERS

THIS WAS ANOTHER DELICIOUS MATCH!  WHO’S NOT GOING TO TUNE INTO THE BRAZIL VS NORWAY MATCH – WITH BAITED BREATH, WITH SUCH A COLLECTION OF SUPERSTAR PLAYERS? IT TURNED OUT TO BE A PARTICULARLY CAGEY AFFAIR, WITH BOTH TEAM’S HAVING THEIR HACKLES  UP – AS YOU WOULD EXPECT – AND ALTHOUGH, EXTREMELY DYNAMIC, IT TOOK UNTIL THE LATTER STAGES OF THE MATCH BEFORE ANYONE MANAGED TO SCORE! NORWAY MADE 653 PASSES WITH A 91% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 66% POSSESSION), AND 9 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 2 STUNNERS FROM ERLING HAALAND AT 79 MINS. AND 90 MINS. RESPECTIVELY! BRAZIL MADE 313 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, AND 12 SHOTS WITH 4 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM NEYMAR AT 90 +10 MINS. SHORTLY AFTER HAALAND’S GOAL, MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING GAME ENDED I...