Round of 32 | Dallas Stadium | Monday, 30 June – 10:30 PM IST How They Line Up Ivory Coast — 4-2-3-1 Emerse Faé has settled on this shape. Yahia Fofana in goal. Guéla Doué at right-back, Odilon Kossounou and Ousmane Diomandé as the centre-back pairing, Christopher Operi at left-back. Ibrahim Sangaré and Franck Kessié […]
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Round of 32 | Dallas Stadium | Monday, 30 June – 10:30 PM IST Match Overview Norway arrive as the more celebrated side, built around the tournament’s most dangerous striker. Ivory Coast arrive as the more stubborn — three group games of defensive composure and a winger who scores when it matters. These two have […]
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Football gave everything it had at the Monterrey Stadium, and Morocco were still standing at the end of it. A 1-1 draw after extra time. A penalty shootout that hit every piece of woodwork imaginable. And Ismael Saibari, bleeding from a facial cut sustained in the 118th minute, stepped up in the shootout to send […]
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Goalless at the Monterrey Stadium. Forty-five minutes of tactical intensity between two well-organised, well-coached sides that have tested each other without either finding the breakthrough. Netherlands and Morocco are exactly as even as the 0-0 scoreline suggests — and if anything, it is Bart Verbruggen who deserves the most credit for keeping it that way. […]
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