Argentina vs France: World Cup Final team news and prediction
by Charlie Fairbank
at Saturday, Dec 17 2022 12:00
Argentina face France in the 2022 World Cup final. The spectacle in Qatar draws to a close as the Copa America champions take on the World Cup holders. France beat Argentina on their way to that success in 2018, winning their knockout game against La Albiceleste 4-3. This is set to be Lionel Messi&r...
Messi rightly leads Argentina's top performers at the 2022 World Cup
by Ciaran McLoughlin
at Thursday, Dec 15 2022 11:50
Argentina vs Croatia: World Cup semi-final team news and prediction
by Ciaran McLoughlin
at Tuesday, Dec 13 2022 09:15
Argentina and Croatia face off on Tuesday in the first 2022 World Cup semi-final. The pair do have recent history, with Croatia running out 3-0 winners over Argentina back in 2018, though this will be their third meeting at a World Cup, with Argentina winning the first in a group match in 1998. Both...
Argentina vs Croatia: How big a blow is Marcos Acuna's absence?
by Ben McAleer
at Monday, Dec 12 2022 15:40
Football fans couldn't take their eyes off of Friday's second quarter-final meeting. The Netherlands and Argentina played out a World Cup classic as the pair went the distance at the Lusail Iconic Stadium. It was a gripping contest that no neutral fan wanted to end, so when Wout Weghorst popped up w...
Assessing Rodrigo De Paul's importance for World Cup chasing Argentina
by Greg Lea
at Monday, Dec 12 2022 12:55
When a footballing powerhouse like Argentina loses to a relative minnow like Saudi Arabia, a scapegoat is needed. After that shock 2-1 defeat in the group stage, Rodrigo De Paul was the principal pick of supporters in Buenos Aires and beyond.De Paul did not have his best game against the Saudis, alt...
Messi, Neymar and Fernandes make World Cup quarter final best XI
by Charlie Fairbank
at Sunday, Dec 11 2022 16:27
With four teams now left in the competition, we look back at the best XI from the World Cup quarter finals. Seven of the eight teams featured in this XI with Argentina having the most representatives in the squad with three, while there are no England players present in the team.Dominik Livakovic (C...
Modric defying Father Time as Croatia again reach World Cup semi-finals
by Ben McAleer
at Saturday, Dec 10 2022 11:50
Brazil were minutes away from securing their place in the World Cup semi-final. Neymar scored a superb individual effort at the end of the first half of extra time and they seemed destined to progress to the next round, only for Bruno Petkovic to strike late on to take the game to penalties. From th...
Netherlands vs Argentina: World Cup quarter final team news and prediction
by Charlie Fairbank
at Friday, Dec 9 2022 09:20
Highlighting Enzo Fernandez's importance in Argentina's World Cup quest
by Ben McAleer
at Tuesday, Dec 6 2022 15:50
It's been a whirlwind 12 months for Enzo Fernandez. This time last year, he hadn't even earned his first senior cap for Argentina, and had only been a first team regular for heavyweights River Plate for a few months. As Julian Alvarez hogged the limelight, Fernandez casually went about his business ...
Messi, Mbappe and Fernandes make World Cup group stage best XI
by Ben McAleer
at Saturday, Dec 3 2022 11:10
With the group stages having come to an end, and the last-16 now set, it's time to take a look at the group stage best XI of those to have made at least two appearances. France are the dominant side in the team, while Argentina, England, Brazil, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Morocco and Cameroon ar...