Vinicius Junior clenched his right fist and raised it high above his head after scoring at Mestalla Stadium, posing for a moment to make sure everyone noticed. Vinícius retweeted a video that showed a few Atletico fans jumping and chanting “Vinícius chimpanzee,” and a day earlier some Barcelona fans allegedly chanted “Die, Vinícius.” “I hope you have already thought about …
SYDNEY — Change is happening fast in women’s soccer. “If I’m candid, I really am surprised,” said Jill Ellis, who coached America to World Cup wins in 2015 and 2019. “I think when you suddenly see a Germany or a Brazil get knocked out of a World Cup at the group stage, I don’t think any of us could have …
Brazil head into their quarter-final against Croatia high on confidence after an impressive 4-1 win over South Korea. Who: Brazil vs Croatia Where: Education City Stadium When: Friday, December 9, 6pm Brazil were at their brilliant best on Monday, putting four past South Korea in a devastating first-half display. Richarlison, Brazil’s top scorer in the tournament so far, enjoyed another …
Brazil will face Croatia on Friday in the first quarterfinal of the Qatar World Cup, as it looks to reclaim the world title it last won 20 years ago. Brazil too has a positive record when it comes to FIFA World Cup penalty shootouts, having won three out of the four it has contested. Here are all the penalty shootouts …
Brazil was at its imperious best, swatting away Korea Republic in a whirlwind first 45 minutes. “We were better, very aggressive and solid in the first half, we knew that the main work would be today, the team rested in the last game, which many said was the right choice, I am loyal to the side in any case, I …
Brazil breezed easily into the quarter-finals of the World Cup after thrashing South Korea 4-1 in a one-sided last-16 clash. Goals from Vinicius Junior, Neymar, Richarlison and Lucas Paqueta effectively won the game in the first half before South Korea substitute Paik Seung-ho netted a late consolation. Brazil stars celebrate during their 4-1 victory over South Korea in the last-16 …
After failing to score and losing their opening games, both Cameroon and Serbia need their strikers on target when they meet on Monday at the World Cup. “We no longer have any room for error and we’ll be going for broke.” FOLLOW OUR COVERAGE OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP Serbia has a fine finisher in Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic, but …
ZURICH — Brazil and Argentina lost their appeals to FIFA on Monday and will have to play the World Cup qualifying game that was abandoned last year in Sao Paulo amid chaos on the field caused by pandemic rule breaches. Both countries easily qualified for the World Cup as the top two teams in the 10-nation South American group without …