They were never expected to light up FIFA 2018…and sure enough, they didn’t. Yet, when you consider the SBOBET odds, the FIFA 2018 predictions and the fact Janne Andersson’s side arrived in Russia without a win in six games, without a goal in 337 minutes (nearly four games worth) and without national hero Zlatan Ibrahimovic,
The Swede’s Smell of Success at FIFA 2018
Did Brazil Blow it at FIFA 2018?
They’re everyone’s favourite team, the yellow and green icons of world sport, stirring passion and delighting fans across the globe with a unique brand of swashbuckling football. Brazil arrived at FIFA 2018 as the team we all wanted to watch but, yet again, they left having entertained the whole world…but empty-handed. The South American giants
Spotlight: La Liga Players Who Stood Out in World Cup 2018
The World Cup 2018 is over, and it’s time to acknowledge the players who stood out the most in the quadrennial affair. La Liga was well represented in the FIFA event, with 81 Spanish top-flight players named to their respective national teams for the World Cup. In fact, all La Liga teams have at least
World Cup 2018: What Might have been for Uruguay
Was Uruguay the biggest ‘what if’ story of World Cup 2018? There were a few candidates for sure. But Oscar Tabarez’ team has every right to wonder. At World Cup 2018 odds of 29.00, pre-tournament, the Charruas looked like excellent value as they breezed through Group A. It’s been 68 years since Uruguay won the
World Cup 2018: The End of an Era or the Start of Something?
From the remarkable story before a ball had been kicked (Julen Lopetegui being sacked as coach by Spain for surreptitiously negotiating with Real Madrid) to the final controversy itself (the extremely harsh, I would say disgraceful decision to award France a penalty), World Cup 2018 provided drama from start to finish. Whatever World Cup 2018
