France cruise to Quarter Finals after beating Poland
Kylian Mbappe set up a history-making goal for Olivier Giroud and then scored two himself as holders France eased into the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a 3-1 win over Poland on Sunday.
Kylian Mbappe set up a history-making goal for Olivier Giroud and then scored two himself as holders France eased into the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a 3-1 win over Poland on Sunday.
Vincent Aboubakar headed in a stoppage-time winner and was then sent off as Cameroon claimed a memorable 1-0 victory over favourites Brazil at the World Cup on Friday, but still failed to go through to the last 16.
Australia reached the last 16 of the World Cup for only the second time in their history with a 1-0 win over a disappointing Denmark on Wednesday.
In Group G ,Brazil scored a late winner to beat Switzerland 1-0, punching their ticket to the knockouts. Cameroon and Serbia played out to a mouthwatering 3-3 draw. In Group H, Portugal beat Uruguay 2-0 securing a spot in the Last 16. Ghana claimed another win for African countries, beating South Korea 3-2 in a spectacle.
Bruno Fernandes scored twice to give Portugal a 2-0 victory over Uruguay on Monday and send them into the knock-out stages of the World Cup alongside France and Brazil.
Neymar is set to miss the rest of Brazil’s Group Stage due to an ankle injury. The forward was subbed in the 80th minute of Brazil’s 2-0 win over Serbia. It is reported that he will be ready for the Knockout rounds, should Brazil advance.
Iran claimed a famous 2-0 victory over 10-man Wales on Friday as Carlos Queiroz’s men scored two goals deep into added time to keep their World Cup campaign alive.
Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka were on the scoresheet as England crushed Iran 6-2 in their Group B matchup, whilst Netherlands scored late to beat African champions Senegal 2-0 before the USA and Wales played out to a 1-1 draw.
In the opening match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, hosts Qatar lost 2-0 to Ecuador. Qatar now become the first host nation to lose their opening match.
Ballon d’Or winner, Karim Benzema has been ruled out of France’s World Cup title defense. The striker picked up a thigh injury in training, adding to the long list of Les Bleu’s injury woes.