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Man Utd reject Januzaj: I wanted to show my English critics
29th Jun, 2018 FIFA 2018Belgium matchwinner Adnan Januzaj had a word for his critics in England after yesterday's World Cup performance. Real Sociedad winger Januzaj toyed with Danny Rose before unleashing a classy finish to hand Belgium a 1-0 win over England on Thursday. I'm very pleased to score a great goal against a good opponent. This year I've been playing in a team at Real Sociedad who have made me grow as a player. I'm very pleased to be going that way."
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Real Madrid fullback Carvajal defends Spain 'commander' Iniesta
29th Jun, 2018 FIFA 2018Real Madrid fullback Dani Carvajal has defended Spain teammate Andres Iniesta over his World Cup form. "With Iniesta, there are too many things to say about him," said Carvajal. "He's our star, our commander." He also had words of praise for Isco, calling him one of the team's "leaders" when the opposition are tough to break down. He's having an incredible World Cup and I hope he continues to play as well going forward."
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Breitner slams Real Madrid midfielder Kroos for Germany humiliation
29th Jun, 2018 FIFA 2018Germany hero Paul Breitner has taken aim at Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos after their World Cup elimination. Breitner told Besoccer that Kroos was to blame for the misfortunes of Joachim Löw's side against South Korea. "I'll be more than happy to go without his 15,000 passes," he snapped. Not once did he try to open up the space in central midfield or try to open up the opposition defence with a simple run or dribble. The defence with practically non-existent in all three games and in midfield they were only able to come up with pretty passes.
Read More [+]REVEALED: Man Utd still have control of Belgium matchwinner Januzaj's future
29th Jun, 2018 FIFA 2018Manchester United still have control of the future of Belgium matchwinner Adnan Januzaj. Januzaj scored the only goal of the game as Belgium edged out England to finish top of their World Cup group. The Real Sociedad star delivered a timely reminder of his class, just a year after leaving Manchester United. Pogba left United for Juventus in 2012 but the Red Devils had to pay £89million to bring him back to Old Trafford. Since then, the Red Devils have ensured that, when they sell a player with potential, they insert a clause into the deal.
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England coach Southgate defends flat performance for Belgium defeat
29th Jun, 2018 FIFA 2018England coach Gareth Southgate defended their flat performance for defeat to Belgium on Thursday. The Three Lions' B-team lost to an Adnan Januzaj wonder-strike as Belgium topped Group G at the World Cup. His eight-change team was booed for their lack of intensity but boss Southgate admitted: “We are not happy to be beaten, but we had double objectives tonight. “The knockout game is the biggest game for a decade for us. Everyone's seen the level that we've been playing at and we've got to keep improving."
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WORLD CUP 2018: Colombia eliminate Senegal and top Group H
29th Jun, 2018 FIFA 2018Colombia have claimed a crucial 1-0 win over Senegal to progress to the round of 16 as group winners. What has become something of a trend for Russia 2018 is the deciding of group winners and runners up on the final matchday. Prior to the start of Group H's final matchday, Japan and Senegal were set to progress if the games ended in a draw. Merely 5 shots on target for the whole 90 minutes yielded a solitary goal, but it was enough for Colombia to edge ahead and steal the group win ahead of Senegal to progress. WORLD CUP - GROUP HSenegal - 0Colombia - 1 (Mina 74')Samara Arena, Samara
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WORLD CUP 2018: Japan advance despite loss to Poland
29th Jun, 2018 FIFA 2018Poland have secured a consolation 1-0 win over Japan to close out their World Cup campaign, but other results meant that Japan still advanced to the knockout rounds despite the loss. With scores level in the simultaneous Senegal and Colombia clash, the goal saw Japan fall to third spot in the group. In desperate need of a goal, Japan made their first change by bringing on the in form Takashi Inui for Takashi Usami. With 20 minutes to play, Poland launched a quick counter attack and Robert Lewandowski was handed a chance to kill the game off, but blasted his shot over the bar. Japan will go on to face the winner of the Belgium v England match in the Round of 16.
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Brazil star Paulinho confidence regained after Tottenham nightmare
29th Jun, 2018 FIFA 2018Paulinho has revealed how he changed his career path after leaving Tottenham. The 29-year-old spent two dismal seasons in north London before leaving for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande for £10million in 2015. "From four years ago, a lot has changed in my life and career," said Paulinho. I had lost my self confidence, but I've regained it. I've played very well, helped my club to win [La Liga].
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Tadic reveals 'easy decision' leaving Southampton
29th Jun, 2018 FIFA 2018New Ajax signing Dusan Tadic has revealed it was an easy decision to leave for Southampton for his "dream club". It was an easy decision because I had a lot of opportunities in the Premier League and other countries but I think Ajax is best for my future. In four years, I was for three [of them] in the top five best assisters in the Premier League and probably in the top ten of creating chances. I'm very proud because Southampton is not the biggest club in the Premier League and the Premier League is the toughest league in the world. I had beautiful years with Southampton - great club, great people, great supporters - and I'm very proud of my four years."
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Talking Tactics: How Germany went from complacency to disaster
29th Jun, 2018 FIFA 2018Before the World Cup beganOn Thursday morning newspaper Suddeutsche Zeiting ran the headline "Complacent in the disaster", which pretty accurately summarises the mood in Germany. After the 2-0 defeat to South Korea, Mats Hummels made an even more damning assessment: "The last convincing performance we had was in the autumn of 2017." South Korea: Low fails to learn from his mistakesKroos' late winner against Sweden should have been the turning point, but instead Low - yet again - opted for complacency, for the assumption that things would come good. At half-time Gomez finally came on, but by then the pattern of the game – emotional exhaustion for Germany, self-belief for South Korea – had already been set. The result was chaos, was Low using 20 players and a variety of haphazard formations in just 270 minutes of World Cup football.
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