As the 8 o’clock game is just a few hours away let take a look at Belgium. What have they brought to each game and why did they end up in the top 4? Team Spirit With one of the best squads on paper there’s no doubt Belgium will be a part of the top 4. But its not the only reason, they have been establishing strong collective values which has contributed as well. This hasn’t always been shown…
Were you watching the games yesterday at 4 between Sweden and Switzerland? If you didn’t here are some highlights before the results. A bit of history: Sweden and Switzerland have played 28 matches against each other so far and this will be the 29th meeting which will be the first in a major tournament. Switzerland couldn’t manage to beat Sweden in their last 3 games in which the last one was in March 2002. (1-1) Their last victory was…
Did you watch the game between Colombia and England yesterday? Heres a few highlights from the game A bit of history: They have faced each other 5 times where England was unbeaten. Their last encounters were back in 2005 where, thanks to Michael Owen’s hat-trick, they walked away 3-2. Their previous World Cup match in 1998, England won 2-0 in the group stages thanks to Darren Anderton and David Beckham. This is Colombia’s third time to reach the knockout…
Some insights from the matches on Sunday. Spain vs Russia. Some history: Russia has never beaten Spain since the breakup of the soviet union. They drew in a friendly back in November 2017 3-3. At their last encounters, Spain has scored 10 goals against Russia, 7 in two games at Euro in 2008 and 3 in a friendly in November 2017. Spain is unbeaten in their last 23 games, will they be able to keep it up in this…
Did you watch the match at 8 on Saturday between Portugal and Uruguay? If you didn’t let’s see how your favourite team did: A bit of History: This is the third time Uruguay and Portugal went head to head against each other and the first time at a World Cup match. Although they have met since 1972 when they drew at the Rio de Janeiro stadium 1-1. Having only lost one out of 17 major tournaments, excluding the penalty…
Some insights from this weekends matches. Let’s start off with the first knockout round between France and Argentina. A bit of History: So we know they have faced off each other before and Saturday was the 12th time they were going head to head. Argentina had the upper hand against the French winning 8 out of the 11 previous encounters. The last times they played against the French in the #FIFAWorldCup they won both matches back in 1930 and 1978. They…