International
The World Cup, the Euro, the Nations League, everyone else’s national teams and the bodies that decide for everyone, FIFA and UEFA first. Marcel saw a Euro with eight teams and already found it long.
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FC Sion plans a roller coaster at its stadium, Freddy mentions his own slope
FC Sion plans to turn the Stade de Tourbillon into a 21,000-seat Cervin Coliseum, with a roller coaster in front of the entrance and eighty hotel rooms. Expected cost: €480 million, if…
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Lafont picks the ball up outside his box, Freddy recognises his Sunday keeper
Cameroon beat Ivory Coast 1-0 in a friendly in Abidjan on Saturday, Bil Nsongo scoring in the 47th minute. In the fourth minute of stoppage time, Ivory Coast goalkeeper Alban Lafont came…
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Argentina beat Burkina Faso 7-0 in a friendly: Louise looks for what was friendly
Argentina beat Burkina Faso 7-0 in a friendly in Buenos Aires. Burkina fielded young players from their U23 side, sent in a hurry because the federation could not cancel the match for…
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Closed doors, 6,000 children in Rijeka: “closed” is still looking for its door
Scheduled behind closed doors for disciplinary reasons, Croatia-England was played in Rijeka in front of more than 6,000 children invited by the Croatian federation, as the rules allow, and around a hundred…
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Jacob Friis bombs with a Ronaldo joke, Freddy tries his at the team talk
On Friday, before Finland v Albania in the Nations League, Jacob Friis joked about the Ronaldo drama at Portugal without getting a single laugh. He later accused the journalists of making him…
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Cisse says he has shown only 70% of his ability, Freddy does the sums for his side
Alphadjo Cisse, the 19-year-old Milan winger, scored the late winner in Italy U21’s 1-0 win in Armenia. In an interview with Rai Sport relayed by TMW, he says he has shown only…
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“Our best match so far,” says Jorge Jesus: Louise looks for where “so far” ends
Portugal beat Denmark 4-2 in Copenhagen. At the press conference, head coach Jorge Jesus refused to talk about Cristiano Ronaldo, who left the Portuguese camp on Wednesday evening, and spoke of the…
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Cabango asks Haaland for his shirt and Haaland keeps his own: Louise opens a tab
Wales beat Norway 2-1 in the Nations League at Cardiff City Stadium. Defender Ben Cabango, who shackled Erling Haaland, got the striker’s shirt after the game, and Haaland did not take his…
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Xavi apologises at half-time and goes diamond: Freddy recognises his own team talk
Two-nil down at the break against Greece, the Netherlands snatched a 2-2 draw thanks to Tijjani Reijnders shortly before the end. Xavi Hernández had made three changes at half-time and says he…
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Højlund does the absent Ronaldo’s “Siuuu”, Louise tries to work out who it was for
Portugal beat Denmark 4-2 in Copenhagen on Thursday in the Nations League, without Cristiano Ronaldo, who left the squad the day before. Rasmus Højlund equalised at 2-2 by imitating his celebration.
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Belgium beaten 0-1, Zidane “passes two out of two”: Nadine’s thermometer melts
France beat Belgium 1-0 in the Nations League, thanks to an Olise goal, and go top of group 1. RMC Sport headlines “Zidane passes two out of two”, and Pierre Kalulu says…
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Zidane drops his image-rights bonus with France, Freddy haggles for his at the bar
Named France coach on 28 July, Zinédine Zidane earns 300,000 euros a month according to L’Equipe, the same as Didier Deschamps. He has given up the image-rights bonus, around 44,000 euros a…