World Cup Archives: 09/2016

Alexis Sanchez has been called up for Chile’s World Cup 2018 Qualifiers against Ecuador and Peru, which means he could miss our Premier League clash against Swansea.

Alex Iwobi is set to get a call up to the senior Nigerian national side for their game against Zambia on 9th October.

John Griffiths will take a very experienced squad, including five Arsenal players, to the FIFA u17 WWC to be played in Jordan from the 30th September.

After his performance in France’s 0-0 draw against Belarus earlier in the week, Olivier Giroud has come in for heavy criticism because of his miss after Antoine Griezmann’s sublime pass slipped him through on goal.

Alexis Sanchez was handed the captain’s armband for his country’s World Cup qualifier against Bolivia.

Colombia may have lost 2-1 to Brazil in the early hours of Wednesday morning, but the Arsenal shot-stopped made sure the margin wasn’t worse.

Granit Xhaka has picked up another red card during Switzerland’s 2-0 triumph over Portugal.

Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny both featured during France’s 0-0 draw against Belarus on Tuesday night.

Takuma Asano has scored for Japan yet again – this time during their 2-0 win over Thailand in their World Cup 2018 Qualifier.

Alexis Sanchez has been made captain of Chile for the first time, a move that has left him feeling ‘very motivated’ according to those close to him.

Mesut Ozil started and played a part in two of Germany’s three goals as they beat Norway on Sunday evening 3-0.

Wojciech Szczesny watched on from the bench as Poland drew while Theo Walcott was a second half substitute, brought on by Big Sam in his first match as England manager.

Takuma Asano had to watch on as a he scored a perfectly good goal for Japan that was not given as the officials did not think it crossed the line.