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Liverpool FC – The Unfamiliar Burden of Being Favorites
With just under £175 million spent on new players this summer by Liverpool comes the unusual, at least in the Premier League era, labeling of title favorites.
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2018 World Cup: Final Result & Highlights (France vs Croatia)
After a testy first half which saw France take a somewhat undeserved lead, things ran a bit smoother in the second half of the World Cup final, setting up a 4-2 French victory over Croatia, giving Les Bleus their second World Cup title, with Didier Deschamps joining Mario Zagalo and Franz Beckenbauer as the only people to win the World Cup as players and head coaches.
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2018 World Cup: Semi Final Result & Highlights (Croatia vs England)
Once again Croatia found itself in extra time. This time, they didn’t need penalty kicks. Mario Mandzukic scored in extra time to send his side to its first World Cup ever, beating England 2-1, setting themselves with a historic meeting against France.
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2018 World Cup: Semi Final Result & Highlights (France vs Belgium)
After a 12-year break and two years after losing in the Euro final, France are one win away from winning the World Cup following their 1-0 win over Belgium in semi final, courtesy of a Samuel Umtiti header.
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2018 World Cup: Quarterfinals Results & Highlights (Sweden vs England, Russia vs Croatia)
The second semifinal of the 2018 World Cup is set. England beat Sweden 2-0 in a convincing performance to further fan the flames of the #itscominghome movements. Later on, their SF rivals revealed to be Croatia, once again winning a penalty shootout, eliminating the difficult hosts Russia, who went through into the quarter-finals on penalties themselves, only this time didn’t do as well.
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2018 World Cup: Quarterfinals Results & Highlights (Uruguay vs France, Brazil vs Belgium)
With France beating Uruguay and Belgium stunning Brazil, the 2018 World Cup is officially out of South American teams, and we’ll have the first all-European semi finals since 2006, and with that, a European World Cup champion for the fourth consecutive time.
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2018 World Cup: Round of 16 Results & Highlights (Sweden vs Switzerland, Colombia vs England)
Sweden beating Switzerland 1-0 with a fluke goal was just the set up for the drama between England and Colombia. 1-1 after 120 minutes leading to penalty kicks, which is something England feat the most. Despite falling behind in the count, Colombia mess up, Jordan Pickford makes an amazing save, and Eric Dier gets it done.
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2018 World Cup: Round of 16 Results & Highlights (Brazil vs Mexico, Belgium vs Japan)
In a day that made up for the slightly sluggish matches of yesterday, Brazil and Belgium did as expected to set up a mega quarter finals clash. While Brazil dominated and won deservedly against the traditional round of 16 loserism of Mexico, Belgium needed a massive comeback to overcome Japan thanks to their subs and one massive goalkeeper mistake, coming back from 2 goals down.
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2018 World Cup: Round of 16 Results & Highlights (Spain vs Russia, Croatia vs Denmark)
A day of penalty kicks in the World Cup. First, Russia stun Spain by taking them the full 120 minutes and then beating them on penalty kicks. The day ended with Croatia and Denmark stretching another 1-1 draw into a penalty shootout, with Croatia finishing with the quarterfinal ticket. Spain 1 Russia 1: Russia win […]
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2018 World Cup: Round of 16 Predictions & Preview (Spain vs Russia, Croatia vs Denmark)
Day 2 of the World Cup knockout stage beings with the hosts, Russia, playing against a former favorite that has yet to impress for an entire match in this tournament, Spain. The second round of 16 matchup will be between Croatia, suddenly among the favorites to win the tournament, against a Denmark team probably happy with making it out of the group stage.