England 0-0 United States
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England have nonetheless by no means crushed the USA at a World Cup — at their first encounter on the 1950 in Brazil, the US gained 1-0.
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The Three Lions wanted to win this recreation to ensure a spot within the final 16.
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England have had 12 goalless attracts on the World Cup, essentially the most of any nation within the historical past of the World Cup
Netherlands 1-1 Ecuador
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Colombian captain Énner Valencia has grow to be the highest scorer at this World Cup together with his third objective in Qatar.
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It additionally prolonged the 33-year-old veteran’s streak to scoring all six Ecuador objectives at World Cups because the 2014 match.
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The end result eradicated host nation Qatar simply 5 days after the beginning of its house World Cup that price about €200 billion to arrange.
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The draw gave each the Dutch and Ecuador one level apiece to maneuver them to 4 factors in Group A. It left Qatar with zero factors after dropping 3-1 to Senegal hours earlier.
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Ecuador dominated a lot of the sport and nearly bought a deserved profitable objective when the Netherlands crossbar was rattled by a rising left-foot shot from Gonzalo Plata.
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Ecuador performs Senegal on Tuesday, needing only a draw to advance, and the Netherlands will play Qatar.
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Netherlands had its seven-game win streak in group-stage play at World Cups ended. The Dutch gained their first three video games in 2010 and 2014 then opened in Qatar by beating Senegal 2-0.
Wales 0-2 Iran
- Iran stuns 10-man Wales with two objectives in stoppage time.
- Cheshmi scored within the 98th minute and Rezaeian within the a hundred and first minute.
- It got here after Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey was proven a straight pink card Wales’ with simply 4 minutes remaining.
- The end result leaves Wales with an uphill activity to qualify from Group B.
Qatar 1-3 Senegal
- Qatar, who grew to become the primary host nation in World Cup historical past to lose its first match, fall behind to Senegal.
- Two objectives on both facet of halftime put the African crew answerable for the match
- Qatar pulled a objective again earlier than Bamba Dieng sealed it for Senegal late on.
What occurred on the World Cup on Thursday?
Cristiano Ronaldo made World Cup historical past as the primary male participant to attain at 5 World Cups together with his Sixty fifth-minute penalty in opposition to Ghana. Portugal gained the sport 3-2.
Richarlison got here by means of for the “Seleção” scoring each objectives for Brazil in a 2-0 win in opposition to Serbia. His second, an overhead kick into the highest left nook, is already being touted as the very best objective of the match.
Since competing as Serbia in 2010, the nation has not superior to the knockout rounds of the World Cup.
Monaco ahead Breel Embolo scored the one objective of the sport to defeat Cameroon — the nation he was born in — within the morning match in Qatar on Thursday. Embolo stored his promise to not have a good time the objective, which ended up deciding the match in Switzerland’s favour, 1-0.
Not one of the 5 African groups on the Qatar World Cup gained their first match within the group stage.
What are the important thing speaking factors to date?
Two main upsets marked the primary spherical: first, Saudi Arabia achieved an astonishing end result of their opening match in opposition to Argentina at Lusail Stadium, profitable the sport 1-2.
Then, it was Japan who blitzed Germany 1-2 as properly, overturning the German benefit with two objectives in eight minutes in what proved to be a high-tempo contest all through.
German soccer affiliation DFB President Bernd Neuendorf has known as for an official assertion from FIFA over motion that will likely be taken if gamers put on One Love armbands on the World Cup.
A number of World Cup groups have backed down and deserted an anti-discrimination marketing campaign geared toward host nation Qatar, within the worry they may obtain yellow playing cards in the event that they assist it. One of many groups, Denmark, has backed Germany’s protest.
