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Fun fact, courtesy of Sid Lowe: Uruguay have not won a World Cup game without Luis Suárez since 1990 (just to clarify, Suárez did not play in the 1990 World Cup as he was three years old and he’s not that good). Suárez is not in the squad for this World Cup.
Are Spain the best team at the World Cup? No! Because the Fifa rankings say they’re No 3 in the world, and those rankings are in no way flawed. They are, however, probably among the top two contenders, aside from France. And the French just gave everyone’s favourite dark horse, Norway, one hell of a beating. How much we can read into that is debatable – Norway rested 10 players – but the French still won 4-1 and looked very crisp. So Spain may want to put on a dominant display tonight to gather some momentum as they head to the knockouts. Or they could just do the PSG method and mess around until it really matters and then become unbeatable.
Continue reading…⚽️ Kick-off time: 6pm local/8pm EDT/1am BST/10am AEST⚽️ Third-place table | Player guide | Group tables | Mail TomFun fact, courtesy of Sid Lowe: Uruguay have not won a World Cup game without Luis Suárez since 1990 (just to clarify, Suárez did not play in the 1990 World Cup as he was three years old and he’s not that good). Suárez is not in the squad for this World Cup.Are Spain the best team at the World Cup? No! Because the Fifa rankings say they’re No 3 in the world, and those rankings are in no way flawed. They are, however, probably among the top two contenders, aside from France. And the French just gave everyone’s favourite dark horse, Norway, one hell of a beating. How much we can read into that is debatable – Norway rested 10 players – but the French still won 4-1 and looked very crisp. So Spain may want to put on a dominant display tonight to gather some momentum as they head to the knockouts. Or they could just do the PSG method and mess around until it really matters and then become unbeatable. Continue reading…
