ENGLAND DRAW V GHANA : " FIFA World Cup 2026 "

Netherlands 1-0 up.

Van Dijk with the goal.

Hasn't made much difference to the game, still unexciting. Japan can't seem to get the ball & on the odd occasion they do they give it away.

And as I'm writing that they equalize

Japan equalise quickly through Nakamura.

And now Netherlands lead 2-1, great goal by Summerville.

Kamada equalises for Japan with two minutes of the 90 left.

FT: Netherlands 2-2 Japan

Strange game, scoreline makes it sound exciting but it was flat in the first half. Did improve a lot in the second half.

Ivory Coast v Ecuador at midnight.

Ecuador look a decent team.

Ecuador look a decent team.

Well, they did.

Ivory Coast win it in the 90th minute thanks to a goal by Amad Diallo.

Heard a funny one on the radio this morning. The stadium for the Netherlands game was mentioned as being the largest stadium with indoor air conditioning to keep temperatures at a playable temperature.

Yet during the game, they still have hydration breaks despite the controlled temperatures

Heard a funny one on the radio this morning. The stadium for the Netherlands game was mentioned as being the largest stadium with indoor air conditioning to keep temperatures at a playable temperature.

Yet during the game, they still have hydration breaks despite the controlled temperatures

I watched the game and that's true.

That's because the rules for this tournament say there will be two hydration breaks lasting three minutes each, one in each half, whatever the temperature is.

Sweden beat Tunisia 5-1 last night.

Apparently now Sabri Lamouchi has been sacked as Tunisia manager.

Today's matches:


Spain v Cape Verde (5pm)

Belgium v Egypt (8pm)

Saudi Arabia v Uruguay (11pm)

Iran v New Zealand (2am)

HT: Spain 0-0 Cape Verde

Spain dominating possession obviously but struggling to break down the opposition, they have hit the bar and the Cape Verde goalkeeper has made a couple of good saves.

Nobody expected them to get to half time at 0-0 so they're doing quite well in the grand scheme of things.

Nobody expected them to get to half time at 0-0 so they're doing quite well in the grand scheme of things.

5 minutes to go & Spain still haven't found a way through despite sending on Lamal.

FT: Spain 0-0 Cape Verde

Cape Verde get a point against Spain in their first ever World Cup game.

Unbelievable.

FT: Spain 0-0 Cape Verde

Cape Verde get a point against Spain in their first ever World Cup game.

Unbelievable.

And absolutely fantastic to see.

FT: Spain 0-0 Cape Verde

Cape Verde get a point against Spain in their first ever World Cup game.

Unbelievable.

And absolutely fantastic to see.

Brilliant, stuff like this is what the World Cup is all about.

FT: Spain 0-0 Cape Verde

Cape Verde get a point against Spain in their first ever World Cup game.

Unbelievable.

And absolutely fantastic to see.

Brilliant, stuff like this is what the World Cup is all about.

Absolutely deserved the draw and could have sneaked goal at end.... guess this will justify infantino's expansion of WC .
And uefa's as well .

Next up is Belgium v Egypt which should be a good game. Just saw that they've played each other 5 times with Egypt winning 3 of those & Belgium 1.

FT: Spain 0-0 Cape Verde

Cape Verde get a point against Spain in their first ever World Cup game.

Unbelievable.

And absolutely fantastic to see.

Brilliant, stuff like this is what the World Cup is all about.

Absolutely deserved the draw and could have sneaked goal at end.... guess this will justify infantino's expansion of WC .
And uefa's as well .

Ceferin at UEFA opposed the World Cup expansion, think they were the only confederation against it. He said the other day that it would make a lot of matches uninteresting.

African countries put out a statement saying they thought he was wrong.

Next up is Belgium v Egypt which should be a good game. Just saw that they've played each other 5 times with Egypt winning 3 of those & Belgium 1.

Wouldn't know how to call this, Belgium not what they were and don't know that much about Egypt. Sarah's levels have dropped in the last year.

Great goal to give Egypt the lead.

Great goal to give Egypt the lead.

Its A cracker

FT: Spain 0-0 Cape Verde

Cape Verde get a point against Spain in their first ever World Cup game.

Unbelievable.

And absolutely fantastic to see.

Brilliant, stuff like this is what the World Cup is all about.

Absolutely deserved the draw and could have sneaked goal at end.... guess this will justify infantino's expansion of WC .
And uefa's as well .

Ceferin at UEFA opposed the World Cup expansion, think they were the only confederation against it. He said the other day that it would make a lot of matches uninteresting.

African countries put out a statement saying they thought he was wrong.

Ned there will be mismatches like curaçao but tbh they were just naive in way they played! CVI on other hand were so well organised kept their shape that's how they got draw...... expansion is here to stay and in fairness teams like curaçao will only benefit from experience.
. Even Wales could benefit as get more chances to qualify if dont finish top of a group in qualifying.

Belgium don't look good at all.

Belgium don't look good at all.

Belgium equalise obviously.

Entertaining 1-1 draw between Belgium and Egypt.

Saudi Arabia v Uruguay at 11pm, followed by Iran v New Zealand at 2am.

Saudi Arabia - 1-0 up at HT .

Great Result by Egypt

Belgium 1 Egypt 1