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England’s World Cup campaign finished with a 2-0 defeat to Belgium in the Third Place Playoff. Thomas Meunier opened the scoring in the fourth minute, converting Nacer Chadli’s cross, before Eden Hazard finished Kevin De Bruyne’s pass late on, following a series of good chances for England. But ultimately Belgium were in control from an early […] READ MORE
They’re the most fancied team in the so-called ‘better’ half of the draw, but Croatia will need to perform much better in their World Cup quarter final against Russia if they’re to progress further. The Croats had their goalkeeper Danijel Subasic to thank last night after the AS Monaco man saved three penalties in the […] READ MORE
Croatia’s Danijel Subasic was the hero as his side snuck through to the World Cup quarter-finals thanks to the stopper’s penalty shootout heroics. He saved three Danish penalties allowing Ivan Rakitic to score send the Croats through after a drab performance from one of the tournament’s most fancied teams. Opposite number Kasper Schmeichel had saved […] READ MORE
Denmark enter their final Group C game knowing that a point will see them through to the World Cup knockout stages for the first time since 2002. A draw would also see France confirmed as group winners and see them face a more favourable draw in the last 16. A draw, or Denmark victory, would […] READ MORE
France take on Peru in Yekaterinburg this afternoon (4 pm GMT). They know that a win will see them all but qualify for the World Cup knockout stages. Peru, on the other hand, know that they need a result against the European Championship finalists from two years ago if they are to get out of […] READ MORE