There were plenty of European squads that looked average to downright awful in their Nations League appearances during the international break. In England’s case for example, they even got relegated from the top division in the Nations League. That proves that it’s not just that the team had one bad international break, which can happen, […]
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Things were looking complicated for the Spanish team as they traveled to Braga to face Portugal, the winner of this decisive fixture would send the victor to the “Final Four” of the UEFA Nations League. Let’s have a look into the Spanish team, how they performed in this last international break before the World Cup,
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We said last week that it didn’t make a lot of sense for the USMNT to face Japan in this international break. The Japanese team does not have a play style that mimics any of the teams that the US is going to face in the World Cup. Now we are looking at the worst
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We are only halfway through the international break at this point, but we’ve certainly gotten some pretty surprising results so far. In Europe, it seems like a couple of teams have their mind on the World Cup already, and that led to awkward lineups in their Nations League matchups, which in turn got them unexpected
Mexico is getting ready to face Colombia in their final game of the last official international break before the World Cup. The team that Tata Martino called up for these 2 games featured 31 players, he’s going to need to cut the roster down to 26 by the time the World Cup rolls around. Martino
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Mexico played a hard fought game against Peru that they ended up winning with a late Chucky Lozano goal. The win can help mask some of the issues that were on full display for Mexico heading into the World Cup. In the first half Mexico was able to dominate the possession battle. They had a
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With less than two months away, the World Cup 2022 in Qatar is just around the corner. But after a disappointing start to the last international break, the USMNT is generating more doubts than certainties. Is it time to sound the alarms? It’s been a long road for the American squad, and things are starting
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The Mexican national team has yet to play its friendly games this international break, in spite of this there’s a lot of speculation brewing around the team thanks to the press conference that Tata Martino held on Tuesday night. Mexico held a Super Bowl style media day for the press to be able to fire
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If picking winners in regular league play is tough, doing so with national teams is virtually impossible. What we have seen in the last few years across virtually all confederations is that games have a tendency to tight up quite a bit. UEFA arguably sees some of the heaviest mismatches of all confederations particularly in
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Lionel Messi is potentially going to play his last ever World Cup in Qatar. He’ll be coming into the tournament in a much more stable situation than he likely was last year at PSG. Lio has seemingly accepted a new role in the PSG squad that sees him play as a classic number 10. In
