Shocked Luis Enrique bemoans Spain’s lack of finesse up front after ‘uninspiring’ home draw with Greece in opening World Cup qualifier and reveals why he hooked skipper Sergio Ramos at half-time Spain were held to a surprising draw at home to Greece on Thursday night Luis Enrique admitted he did ‘not expect’ to drop points … Read more
Germany 3-0 Iceland: Joachim Low’s side cruise to victory in their first 2022 World Cup qualification game thanks to goals from Leon Goretzka, Kai Havertz and Ilkay Gundogan Joachim Low ‘s side cruise to victory after beating Iceland 3-0 on Thursday Goretzka opened the scoring with a left footed shot from the centre of the … Read more
Scotland 2-2 Austria: John McGinn’s stunning overhead kick secures hard-fought draw in 2022 World Cup qualifier after West Ham target Sasa Kalajdzic twice put the visitors ahead By Press Association Published: 21:37 GMT, 25 March 2021 | Updated: 21:37 GMT, 25 March 2021 Scotland twice came from behind to claim a draw in their opening 2022 … Read more
Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland: Difficult night for Bailey Peacock Farrell after conceding two near post goals from Domenico Berardi and Ciro Immobile Northern Ireland suffered a difficult start to their World Cup qualification run Domenico Berardi opened the scoring with a superb finish at the near post However, it was Ciro Immobile who closed out … Read more
England vs San Marino LIVE: Gareth Southgate’s men kick off World Cup qualifying campaign against lowest ranked side in international football By Danny Gallagher For Mailonline Published: 18:30 GMT, 25 March 2021 | Updated: 18:30 GMT, 25 March 2021 The return of Gareth Southgate‘s Three Lions sees a familiar opponent take to the Wembley turf … Read more
England’s World Cup qualifier against Albania at risk of being CANCELLED due to fears over police security for Sunday’s Group I clash in Tirana By Kishan Vaghela For Mailonline Published: 13:16 GMT, 25 March 2021 | Updated: 13:17 GMT, 25 March 2021 England’s World Cup qualifier against Albania on Sunday is at risk of being … Read more
Arsenal dealt injury blow as Martin Odegaard limps out of Norway’s World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar Martin Odegaard injured his ankle while on international duty with Norway The Real Madrid loanee twisted his ankle playing against against Gibraltar Odegaard attempted to play on before being substituted at half time By Charlotte Daly For Mailonline Published: 21:31 GMT, … Read more
Qatar 1-0 Luxembourg: 2022 World Cup hosts make winning start to bizarre European qualifying campaign for their OWN tournament as Mohammed Muntari strikes in Hungary Qatar were invited to take part in European qualifying for the 2022 World Cup As hosts they are already in but it provides a stream of games for them to … Read more
Turkey 4-2 Holland: Burak Yilmaz hat-trick seals historic win in World Cup qualifying clash as Frank De Boer’s men fail with late comeback attempt after goals from Davy Klaassen and Luuk de Jong Turkey pulled off a huge shock victory over Frank de Boer’s Holland side Burak Yilmaz hit a hat-trick with a goal from … Read more
Steve Clarke calls on Scotland players to prove they are no ‘one-tournament wonders’ as they begin their World Cup qualification campaign after penalty shootout heroics to make it to Euro 2020 Steve Clarke wants Scotland to focus on their World Cup qualifying campaign Scotland qualified for Euro 2020 in dramatic fashion with two penalty shootouts … Read more
Barcelona starlet Pedri plays down comparisons to Andres Iniesta after earning first call-up to Spain’s senior squad… despite insisting it’s an ‘honour’ to be likened to midfield icon Pedri received his maiden call-up to Spain’s senior squad for the March games Spain will take on Greece, Georgia and Kosovo in trio of World Cup qualifiers … Read more
Official FIFA website makes bizarre additional inclusion of the ‘Irish Free State’ in Northern Ireland’s Qatar World Cup qualifying group Northern Ireland are in Group C of the FIFA 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifying Yet the official FIFA site shows their group to contain six teams not five A bizarre extra addition of the ‘Irish … Read more
Wales dealt huge injury blow as Aaron Ramsey is ruled out of upcoming World Cup qualifiers… after he was called up to the national team against Juventus’ wishes despite thigh issue Aaron Ramsey was called up to the Wales’ squad despite Juventus’ concerns The Italians had thought he would be out for at least a … Read more