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It was Substitute Dries Mertens friendly loss away to France just It was said neither side wanted unawares as he fisted it away. the sort of brilliance Januzaj rarely threatened a second Belgium goal A drawn match would have seen over a year ago. to win Group G because of the showed when he was on loan at near the end with a strike that the top two places decided on fair perceived smoother path through Pickford then lost the ball in a Sunderland and Pickford’s teammate. stung the hands of Pickford. play records – a game of cards, if Ex-England coach Glenn Hoddle, in the tournament for the team scramble, Michy Batshuayi kicking it you like. Failing that, it would have charge when the Three Lions beat finishing second. out of his hands and towards goal, England spurned a glorious Questions were raised about the come down to the drawing of lots Colombia 2-0 at the World Cup in but the striker’s Chelsea clubmate chance to level in the 66th minute £30million keeper’s performance to settle the order of qualification. France 20 years ago, said: “Gareth, Injuries and disciplinary Gary Cahill was vigilant as he when Rashford was clean through, after the game. his staff and the players will be considerations meant both reacted quickly to clear off the line. but keeper Thibaut Courtois The sides’ statistics all but matched disappointed that they lost, but Southgate and Belgium counterpart applied a touch of his own to send Gary Neville, speaking after the up going into this encounter, Belgium were the far better team. Roberto Martinez made changes – Tielemans’ 19th-minute booking the ball wide. match on ITV, said: “For the goal, England only leading the group eight and nine respectively. for a foul on Danny Rose was good the keeper was a bit strange. He due to having picked up two yellow “It was a fantastic goal from news at the time for England and Danny Welbeck was summoned went for the ball with the wrong cards to Belgium’s three. Januzaj, but maybe in the last ten Defender Kyle Walker and midfielder their card advantage was extended from the bench in the hope that hand and it’s a bit weird with minutes or so England didn’t do Ruben Loftus-Cheek were the when the left wing-back was the Arsenal striker could work more the dive.’’ By the end, the card count was the pressing they might have done England players on cards, while the later brought down by Leander of his England magic. 5-2 to Belgium, but that proved if it had been the knockout stages Belgians had Kevin De Bruyne, Jan Dendoncker, who was cautioned. And fellow former England right- irrelevant. Real Sociedad’s former – I felt they didn’t press the ball Vertonghen and Thomas Meunier Southgate has credited England’s back Lee Dixon added: “I think, Manchester United starlet Adnan and take a risk. They were quite with bookings to their names. Only In between, rookie England right effectiveness from set-pieces to a when the ball was struck, he had Januzaj struck an impressive content to just let it ride out. Loftus-Cheek featured. wing-back Trent Alexander-Arnold Scot – Three Lions’ striker coach to go with his right hand. We’re a 51st-minute goal – his first for did well to block Marouane Allan Russell, who spent playing little bit worried about Pickford – his country – and it was enough “I’m not quite sure where we England captain Harry Kane, who Fellaini’s drilled effort, which spells with Macclesfield, Mansfield I think this was the first time he to ensure that England finished are still, but there were a lot of hoisted his tournament goal haul looked goalbound. and Forest Green Rovers. was tested.’’

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PAGE 15 PAGE 16 A THE WHAT WE CANEXPECT and was forfreeasitwas matchday was verygood, itwas clean, spacious the Aeroexpress tothecentre. This From theairporttohotelweused the airportinMoscow? How didyougettoandfrom small stadiumwas prettycooltoo. Red Square. The atmosphereinthe That wouldbethefangameon from Moscow? What wasyourbiggestmemory World offootballinMoscow. and Mexicans. Itwas really onebig Tunisia, butaswelltheColombians different countries: Belgiumand You sawthejerseysofall the wholeworldgatheringtogether. Moscow was fantastic. Itwas like How wasMoscowforyou? stage matchagainst Tunisia. visited thecityfortheirgroup Belgium Fans’ Embassy, who PRODUCES FREELIONS with Tijs Coolsfrom the Moscow wecaughtup HEAD ofourtripto BELGIAN FANS’ EMBASSY’S EXPERIENCEOFMOSCOW than inSochiandthestewards security inthestadiumwas better The seatswerealrightaswell. The eat anddrinklotsoftoilets. Inside thereweremanyplacesto inside thestadium? What facilitieswere available quickly, butitwas stillthorough. The securitycheckwentvery entry procedures tothestadium? What wasyourexperienceofthe whilst themetroiswellorganised. The trafficoverthereistoobusy, about 35minutesfromthecentre. a quickprocess. The journeywas and withregularmetrositwas perfectly. We wereagroupof600 to thestadium. This worked out the metrostationthatwentdirectly to RedSquareandthenwalked to We setupameetingpointclose How didyougettothestadium? just afewkilometres! took ataxi. This tooktwohourstodo minus one. From thestationwethen Text “RUSSIAUPDATES” to+447956 121314 Sign upto Free Lions’FREESMS textservice Receive urgentinfo: is veryimpressive. of thestationsaresodeepdown, it underground isbeautifulandsome the metro. The architecture I wouldrecommendtouse onto EnglandfansinMoscow? Overall, whatwouldyoupass all over. with manybarsandrestaurants in lotsofplaces. Itisahugecity Fortunately youcaneatanddrink so pricescanbeabithigher. Although itisquitecommercial Square therearelotsofplaces. In theneighbourhoodofRed eat anddrinkinthecity? Where wouldyouadvise fansto with thehelpofBelgianEmbassy. problem. This was resolvedquickly but thatisnotaMoscowspecific A coupleoffanslosttheirpassports any problems inthecity? Did Belgiumfansexperience match anditsfans. understood thelifeofafootball

PAGE 17 PRODUCES FREELIONS I are farmoregenerouswiththeir Interestingly, footballjournalists the Twittersphere onceagain. been judgedratherharshlyby Raheem Sterlingseemstohave we couldn’tresist anupdate. England’s thrashing ofPanama, squad on Twitter. Following various members oftheEngland what fansare sayingaboutthe Intelligence tosummarise 1 # 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 { a UKstartupusing Artificial we reported on Wordnerds, N the lastissueofFree Lions Marcus Rashford Player Kieran Trippier John Stones Harry Kane Jesse Lingard Ruben Loftus-Cheek Jamie Vardy Eric Dier Jordan Henderson Fabian Delph Jordan Pickford Harry Maguire Kyle Walker Ashley Young Danny Rose Delle Alli Raheem Sterling { From Russianmobiles: +7977278 5820 FSF helpline: +447956 121314 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fsf.org.uk 93% +ve % 91% 88% 82% 82% 82% 76% 75% 75% 67% 62% 61% 42% 33% 31% 25% 24% Spurs fullbackwithlittletodo. high intensityfirsthalf, leavingthe was overandvastly differentfromthe replacement on70mins. The game thought for “awful” DannyRose, his he isperceivedtobe, butsparea it seems, “underrated” though Kieran Trippier isalsoafans’favourite, “starting” standsoutamile. has ahugeamountofsupportand didn’t evenplay. ItseemsRashford percentage ofpositivetweets The playerwhoenjoyedthehighest scores. IsRaheemunfairlyjudged? PARANOID ANDROID (Tunisia) Common WordsMost gamechanger, stretch blinder, outstanding assist, push spitting, corners, yessss cursed, sexy gotta start N/A henderson, prefer outstanding, sideways N/A nothing todo grew, beast idiot, liability irony, bird N/A crocked, passenger sitter, scapegoat

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NGLAND’S defeat by both goals arriving in stoppage- highest quality, one of the greatest at a COLOMBIA – THE KEY THREE by Joe Hetherington Belgium means the Three time. Kim Young-gwon’s effort was World Cup in living memory, and it set PAGE PAGE ELions face Group H winners initially ruled out for offside, but the benchmark for the competition. Colombia here in Moscow. VAR (video assistant referee) alerted RADAMEL FALCAO JUAN CUADRADO YERRY MINA American referee Mark Geiger Cristiano Ronaldo and Diego His country’s record With his dribbling One of the The South Americans topped their to Kroos playing the ball, which Costa traded goals before Nacho’s goalscorer, Falcao skills and most imposing section by beating Senegal 1-0 with deflected off Niklas Sule before stupendous strike put Spain ahead is one of the most electrifying centre-backs in a Yerry Mina goal. Japan qualified reaching the scorer. for the first time. But Ronaldo, prolific forwards in pace, the sight the tournament, in second place in Group H due to whose opener was a penalty, came the world, despite his of Cuadrado standing 6ft 5in. having a better disciplinary record Tottenham’s Son Heung-min up with a superlative late leveller woeful spells in England. running with the ball The 23-year-old has than Senegal, and despite losing 1-0 added another when Germany – the first free-kick he had scored With remarkable scoring rates at is enough to worry any full-back. scored in his national side’s last to Poland. Akira Nishino’s men took keeper Manuel Neuer, up with the at a major tournament – to register former clubs River Plate, Porto and The midfielder is one of only a two games: the first was against a massive risk late on as they played attack, lost possession to leave an the 51sthat-trick of his career. Atletico Madrid, Manchester United handful of players at the World Poland in a 3-0 win and the out the game in an innocuous unguarded goal. VAR was seen at its Remarkably, it was also the 51st thought they had made a real Cup who can genuinely consider second was the only goal of the manner, which reflected very badly best in this match. Too often in the treble in World Cup history. statement when they signed him on themselves a winger and is often match against Senegal. Mina on both sides. tournament, however, it has been loan from Monaco in 2014, but the seen hugging the touchline in signed for Barcelona in January found wanting. But more of that later. Hosts Russia, who qualified behind move did not work out with Falcao hope of a through ball into space. of this year from Palmeiras With the group stages behind us, efficient Uruguay, romped to a only managing four goals. The next The 30-year-old spent the majority of Brazil for a fee of around let’s take a look at the highlights World Cups never pass without 5-0 win against Saudi Arabia in season, the 32-year-old moved to of his time at Chelsea on loan at £10.5million, though the defender and lowlights of the tournament’s controversy and Spain caused a stir the tournament’s opening match. Chelsea, again on loan, and fared Juventus, and there is an argument has made few appearances for first phase. before a ball was kicked by sacking Muscovite hearts sank at the even worse. This is Falcao’s first that the London club let him go the Catalan giants so far. He was head coach Julen Lopetegui. The Luzhniki Stadium when playmaker World Cup, having missed out in too soon when he moved back to in Colombia’s squad for the 2016 One of the biggest shocks in World Spanish federation acted – only two Alan Dzagoev pulled up with 2010 when Colombia failed to Italy permanently last year. Has also Olympics, but missed the games Cup history was witnessed when days ahead of their opener against a hamstring injury. But Denis qualify and in 2014 through injury. played for Udinese and Fiorentina. due to an injury. holders Germany were literally sent neighbours Portugal – after being Cheryshev came off the bench packing. It was the first time, as kept in the dark over Lopetegui to replace him and produced West Germany or unified Germany, agreeing to become Zinedine two outstanding goals as Russia with the first World Cup penalty Tunisia. Skipper Harry Kane was awarded a ridiculous late penalty that they had failed to progress Zidane’s successor at Real Madrid. recorded the biggest win on the awarded under the system, which hauled down, but neither Colombian for handball against Portugal’s beyond the first round of a World first day of a World Cup since hosts is only supposed to come into play referee Wilmar Roldan, nor the VAR Southampton right-back Cedric Cup since 1938. Fernando Hierro stepped in as coach Italy’s 7-1 rout of the USA in 1934. when there has been a “clear and team, took action. Nonetheless, Soares – Iran equalising with the and began his reign with a 3-3 thriller obvious’’ error by the officials. Kane underlined his goal-scoring spot-kick. The Paraguay official was But cracks were showing from the with the Euro 2016 winners in Sochi. Now back to VAR. Australia suffered stock with a double strike, including inept, but VAR was too intrusive start as they lost their opening It was a captivating contest of the against France as history was made But was Josh Risdon’s challenge on a last-ditch winner. throughout the game. game 1-0 to Mexico, and Joachim Antoine Griezmann a “clear and Low’s side were in danger of going obvious’’ foul? FIFA have surely Panama were punished by Egyptian In a bizarre match, Ronaldo saw a CLIVE’S VERDICT Prediction: Colombia 1 England 2 out when trailing 1-0 at half-time boxed themselves into a corner with referee Ghead Grisha and his team penalty saved by Alireza Beiranvand to Sweden. Even after Marco Reus’ that particular definition. Uruguayan for grappling in the penalty area following a VAR check on the foul lucky leveller, the Germans made England meet Colombia for the Argentina. England are unbeaten referee Andres Cunha gave the spot- in England’s 6-1 victory, as Kane on him, and the Real Madrid striker life hard for themselves with Jerome sixth time – and the second at a against Colombia, with three kick on review, Griezmann converted, bagged a hat-trick, with two spot- was also booked after waiting for a Boateng’s sending-off, but Toni Kroos’ World Cup. The Three Lions were wins and two draws. Their last and the French scraped a 2-1 win. kicks, one of which was awarded for review over what would have been last-gasp goal clinched a 2-1 win. 2-0 winners at France ’98, Darren encounter was 13 years ago being pulled down by Anibal Godoy. a controversial red card for violent Anderton and David Beckham when England won 3-2, Michael VAR’s teething troubles resurfaced But the whole thing descended conduct. Then came the mayhem of a scoring in a group game to book Owen hitting a hat-trick on an when England were twice denied into VAR-ce in Portugal’s 1-1 draw decisive 2-0 defeat to South Korea, an ill-fated last-16 date with American tour. a penalty in their 2-1 defeat of with Iran. Referee Enrique Caceres

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GOALKEEPERS: GOALKEEPERS: 1. David OSPINA (Arsenal) 1. Jordan PICKFORD (Everton) 12. Camilo VARGAS (Deportivo Cali) 13. Jack BUTLAND (Stoke City) 22. Jose Fernando CUADRADO (Once Caldas) 23. Nick POPE (Burnley)

DEFENDERS: DEFENDERS: 2. Cristian ZAPATA (AC Milan) 2. Kyle WALKER (Manchester City) 3. Oscar MURILLO (Pachuca) 3. Danny ROSE (Tottenham Hotspur) 4. Santiago ARIAS (PSV Eindhoven) 5. John STONES (Manchester City) 13. Yerry MINA (Barcelona) 6. Harry MAGUIRE (Leicester City) 17. Johan MOJICA (Girona) 12. Kieran TRIPPIER (Tottenham Hotspur) 18. Farid DIAZ (Club Olimpia) 15. Gary CAHILL (Chelsea) 23. Davinson SANCHEZ (Tottenham Hotspur) 16. Phil JONES (Manchester United) 17. Fabian DELPH (Manchester City) MIDFIELDERS: 18. Ashley YOUNG (Manchester United) 5. Wilmar BARRIOS (Boca Juniors) 22. Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD (Liverpool) 6. Carlos SANCHEZ (Espanyol) 8. Abel AGUILAR (Deportivo Cali) MIDFIELDERS: 10. James RODRIGUEZ (Bayern Munich) 4. Eric DIER (Tottenham Hotspur) 11. Juan CUADRADO (Juventus) 7. Jesse LINGARD (Manchester United) 15. Mateus URIBE (America) 8. Jordan HENDERSON (Liverpool) 16. Jefferson LERMA (Levante) 20. Dele ALLI (Tottenham Hotspur) 20. Juan Fernando QUINTERO (River Plate) 21. Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK (Chelsea)

FORWARDS: FORWARDS: 7. Carlos BACCA (Villarreal) 9. Harry KANE (Tottenham Hotspur) 9. Radamel Falcao GARCIA (Monaco) 10. Raheem STERLING (Manchester City) 14. Luis MURIEL (Sevilla) 11. Jamie VARDY (Leicester City) 19. Miguel BORJA (Palmeiras) 14. Danny WELBECK (Arsenal) 21. Jose IZQUIERDO (Brighton Hove & Albion) 19. Marcus RASHFORD (Manchester United)

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