World Cup

Germany’s General Manager, Oliver Bierhoff has said that Mesut Ozil should have been dropped from the Germany team ahead of the World Cup after meeting with Turkey president, Recep Ergodan.

In this latest World Cup roundup, Anita turns her attention to the games that took place on Tuesday. Sweden v Switzerland and England (Danny Welbeck) v Colombia (David Ospina).
Anita also previews Friday’s games which feature Uruguay (Lucas Torreira) v France and Brazil v Belgium.

Danny Welbeck may not be seeing much action on the pitch, but he got a chance to make sure he was still with us when he was popped into a cryo-chamber after England’s win over Colombia to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

Stephan Lichtsteiner has admitted he doesn’t know if he will continue to play for his country after Switzerland were knocked out of the World Cup by Sweden.

David Ospina said there was ‘fortune’ involved in his excellent, yet futile, penalty save from Jordan Henderson as Colombia crashed out of the World Cup to England.

Neymar’s World Cup will be remembered for excessive rolls and feigning injury, but it further highlights the inherent and ingrained sexism that is still rampant in football today.

In this latest World Cup roundup, Anita turns her attention to the games that took place on Monday. Brazil v Mexico and Belgium v Japan both feature. Anita also previews Tuesday’s games which feature Sweden v Switzerland and England (Danny Welbeck) v Colombia (David Ospina).

In this latest World Cup roundup, Anita turns her attention to the games that took place on Sunday. Spain (Nacho Monreal) v Russia and Croatia, Anita’s home country, v Denmark both feature so you can imagine how hungover she is. Anita also previews Monday’s games which feature Brazil v Mexico and Belgium v Japan.

In this latest World Cup roundup, Anita turns her attention to the games that took place on Saturday. France v Argentina and Uruguay v Portugal both feature. Anita also previews Sunday’s games which feature Spain (Nacho Monreal) v Russia and Croatia v Denmark.

In this latest World Cup roundup, Anita turns her attention to the games that took place on Thursday. Japan v Poland, Senegal v Colombia (David Ospina), England (Danny Welbeck) and Belgium, and Panama v Tunisia. Anita also previews Saturday’s games which feature France v Argentina and Uruguay v Portugal.

Alex Iwobi admitted that he ‘didn’t do well’ against Croatia but admits being played out of position is a ‘sacrifice’.

Stephan Lichtsteiner will miss Switzerland’s World Cup knock-out tie against Sweden after picking up another booking against Costa Rica.

In this latest World Cup roundup, Anita turns her attention to the games that took place on Wednesday. Mexico v Sween, South Korea v Germany (Mesut Ozil), Serbia v Brazil and Switzerland (Granit Xhaka, Stephan Lichtsteiner) v Costa Rica (Joel Campbell) all feature. Anita also previews Thursday’s matches which feature Japan v Poland, Senegal v Colombia (David Ospina), England (Danny Welbeck) v Belgium and Panama v Tunisia.

Mesut Ozil was pictured clashing with angry German fans after his country was knocked out of the World Cup at the group stage for the first time in their history.

Joachim Low has revealed he received a ‘great reaction’ from Mesut Ozil after the German was dropped for their group game against Sweden.

In this latest World Cup roundup, Anita turns her attention to the games that took place on Tuesday. Australia v Peru, Denmark v France, Iceland v her home nation, Croatia, and Nigeria (Alex Iwobi) v Argentina all feature. Anita also previews Wednesday’s matches which feature Mexico v Sween, South orea v Germany (Mesut Ozil), Serbia v Brazil and Switzerland (Granit Xhaka, Stephan Lichtsteiner) v Costa Rica (Joel Campbell).

The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, has opened a bank account so that he can contribute to the fines picked up by Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri.

Granit Xhaka and Stephan Lichtsteiner escaped with fines after they were charged with ‘provoking the general public’ following their goal celebrations against Serbia and a complaint by the Serbian FA.

In this latest World Cup roundup, Anita turns her attention to the games that took place on Monday. Saudi Arabia v Egypt (Mohamed Elneny), Uruguay v Russia, Iran v Portugal and Spain (Nacho Monreal) v Morocco all feature in this VAR-tastic roundup. Anita also previews Tuesday’s matches which feature Australia v Peru, Denmark v France, Iceland v Croatia and Nigeria (Alex Iwobi) v Argentina.

Arsene Wenger believes that Kyle Walker should lose his place in the England starting lineup and that Gareth Southgate should turn to his former teammate at Tottenham, Eric Dier.