Monthly Archives: November 2022

Key stats from Japan’s famous victory against Germany

"Japan soccer concept. National team play" (CC BY 2.0) by focusonmore.com The 2022 FIFA World Cup lived up to its billing as soon as it began, with some of the most famous upsets in the tournament's history occurring within days of each other. One such result was when Japan beat four-time World Cup champions Germany 2-1 in the group stages. Germany had taken the lead in the first half thanks to a penalty converted by Ilkay Gundogan before Japan’s Ritsu…
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Understanding football: the rules & formations

A brief overview of football Football was first played in various ways during the Middle Ages and dates back approximately two thousand years before it was officially invented in the U.K. in the 19th century. With the founding of the Football Association (FA) in 1863, the organized version of football, known as Association Football, got started. FIFA, the organization in charge of regulating the sport was established in 1904. Since then, it has been impossible to constrain the game's global…
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The colourful history of the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup has come a long way to become what it is today, and its early days deserve just as much attention as its current prime. In this article, we’ll be discussing the interesting history of the FIFA World Cup. The first days of the World Cup Before the World Cup was founded, the most illustrious football competition was the one that was staged as a part of the Summer Olympics. However, throughout the 1920s, the sport was…
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What other business ventures could Ronaldo pursue to boost his CR7 brand?

It’s hard to imagine Cristiano Ronaldo’s glittering career ever coming to an end, but it’s a reality that fans of the five-time Ballon d’Or winner have to face up to. At 37 years of age, he can’t have too many years left playing at the top level. It’s also a prospect that Ronaldo needs to get used to. The goalscoring machine has probably rarely considered what he’ll do after football, but he needs to start thinking about how he’ll continue…
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Ronaldo’s ill-timed interview may ensure that he isn’t referred to as the greatest of all-time

To some extent or other, Cristiano Ronaldo’s legacy has always been open to scrutiny. Of course, his ability on the field has never been in doubt, this is, after all, a man who has done superhuman things on a football pitch for nearly 20 years. But at the same time, it is also his character on the pitch that has stopped a large percentage of people from warming to him. However irrelevant anyone thinks that is, the irrefutable truth is…
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Football’s greatest number 9s of all-time

The number nine is a special number in football. It’s the one every striker wants, and that’s because of the legends have worn that for many generations prior. No matter what club you support, there will be an iconic number nine attached to it. But of course, some have been way more iconic and successful than others across the world. But who are the greatest number nines of all-time? Ronaldo We’ll start with R9, the Brazilian Ronaldo. In many eyes…
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World Cup: Who will start in midfield for France following Pogba and Kante injuries?

Source Four years ago, on a rainy evening in Moscow, France had their crowning moment. Goals from Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba, and a young wonderkid named Kylian Mbappe, as well as a Mario Mandzukic's own goal, secured a 4-2 victory over Croatia in the 2018 FIFA World Cup final. This moment marked the second time that Les Bleus had lifted the famous gold trophy following victory on home soil 20 years prior. In the build-up to the upcoming tournament in…
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