Spain 1-1 Greece The old phrase of ‘Beware Greeks bearing gifts’ is in the annals of history. Many more defensive displays like this and it will need to be rewritten because this was a performance in which they gave their illustrious opponents virtually nothing and came away from this opening World Cup 2022 qualifying encounter
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Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland Roberto Mancini’s impressive record as Italy manager continued in Parma tonight as the Azzurri beat a battling Northern Ireland in their Group C opener. Here at SBOTOP, we said that the World Cup 2022 qualifiers between Italy and Northern Ireland in Parma was as tough a start as the Irish could expect. The Azzurri
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Serbia vs Portugal European champions Portugal head to the Rajko Mitic Stadium in Belgrade on Saturday night for Match Day Two of the World Cup 2022 qualifiers. There they will come up against a Serbia side which aims to challenge the Selecao for group supremacy. Both teams made a winning start to their qualifying campaign
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Wales vs Mexico Wales travel to Cardiff City on Saturday night to take on Mexico in their latest International Friendly. The Red Dragons are reeling from a tough defeat against the top-ranked team in Belgium yesterday, and they’ll be using this game in order to give themselves confidence for the World Cup 2022 qualifiers. Meanwhile,
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Slovenia 1-0 Croatia Slovenia have made a winning start to their World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign as they picked up a surprise 1-0 victory over Croatia in Ljubljana. Sandi Lovric’s deflected first-half strike was enough to see the Slovenians record their first-ever win against their Balkan neighbours. The Croatians, who went all the way to
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Belgium 3-1 Wales The road to Qatar started here and, for around 10 minutes, Wales dared to dream. They may have been playing a nation that tops the FIFA world rankings, but the Welsh – 18th in the rankings themselves – gave their opening World Cup 2022 qualifying match their best shot. Nevermind they were without the
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France 1-1 Ukraine France were frustrated by a well-organised and determined Ukraine tonight at the Stade de France, as their World Cup 2022 opener ended in a draw. France vs Ukraine was a clash between the two teams expected to dominate Group D though Les Bleus’ fans expected their men to emerge as clear winners.
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The Los Angeles Lakers are in trouble. The reigning NBA champions look lost without injured superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and it they might be set to lose a lot more games for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, the Nuggets and Nets keep winning as their respective MVP candidates continue to make a strong case
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Sweden vs Georgia A homecoming is in order for Zlatan Ibrahimovic when the World Cup 2022 festivities will be at Solna this Thursday. Sweden face Georgia in their first game of the qualifiers and they are more than eager to start their campaign on a great note given how loaded Group B is. Other than
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Spain vs Greece As World Cup 2022 qualifying football comes to Granada, two factors strike me. The first is that it’s been two years since Greece played a major force in football – Italy in 2019 – and they lost both games by a 5-0 aggregate score. The second is that hosts Spain come into
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England vs San Marino Gareth Southgate’s England welcome San Marino to London on Thursday night in their Group I qualification campaign for World Cup 2022, and the hosts will be expecting to open up their campaign with a big win. Let’s face it folks; World Cup: England vs San Marino couldn’t really be a more
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Italy vs Northern Ireland The opener of your World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign couldn’t come much tougher than Italy away, but that’s exactly what is facing Ian Baraclough’s Northern Ireland this week. Italy vs Northern Ireland is the first fixture in Group C. And the Azzurri, who are on a 22-match unbeaten run under head
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Germany vs Iceland After months of anticipation, the World Cup 2022 qualifiers is upon us. And this time around, we will feature a cracker of a match here in Group J. Germany vs. Iceland is a key match to look out for as both aim to start their campaigns on a great note. The last
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Japan vs South Korea Fierce Asian rivals Japan and South Korea are set to face off for their first international friendly in 10 years when they meet at the Nissan Stadium in Yokohama. Both sides have called up a number of new faces for this friendly as they gear up for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
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Belgium vs Wales Given the next World Cup 2022 will start in less than 15 months’ time, it is hard to think that not a single national side in Europe has begun its qualifying campaign. Yet here we are in late March 2021 and World Cup qualifying highlights only start now with the 55 national
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France vs Ukraine France will welcome Ukraine to the Stade de France on Wednesday as the road to the World Cup finals in Qatar in 2022 opens out in front of them. With the rescheduled Euro 2020 due to kick off on June 11th this week’s internationals have a dual purpose for the European sides,
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Slovenia vs Croatia Croatia begin their World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign away from home as they take on Balkan neighbours Slovenia at the Stozice Sports Park in Ljubljana. The Croatians, who were beaten finalists in the previous World Cup, are not quite the force they once were back in 2018, especially with many of the
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With leaders Inter Milan not in action this weekend due to their COVID outbreak, the spotlight shined on the rest of the big Serie A clubs, most notably defending champions Juventus. The Old Lady’s dreams of winning a 10th straight Scudetto look well and truly over after a shock defeat at home to Benevento. But
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Atletico Madrid’s La Liga title push stayed on track, just, as Diego Simeone’s side saw off a stern challenge from strugglers Alaves thanks to a Luis Suarez goal and a Jan Oblak penalty save. Late on Sunday night Barcelona have a huge match away to Real Sociedad to round off the weekend’s fixtures, and the
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West Ham United 3-3 Arsenal What a thriller! Six goals though will certainly have been enjoyed more by the neutral than by either team for which a Premier League point does little to help their respective causes. In truth, this was a 90 minutes which perfectly illustrated the strengths and weaknesses of both West Ham
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