"As wars come & go, my soldiers stays eternal" - Tupac Shakur
Well, Happy New Year ladies & gentlemen, here is the latest on the Football World Cup but here is the list of more results from the tournament are in:
Ecuador 1 - 2 Senegal (It was the Senegalese who progressed into the round of 16 against England with a win over Ecuador who crashed out courtesy of a match winning goal scored by their captain Kalidou Koulibaly (Who is the main talisman following the injury to Sadio Mane)
Netherlands 2 - 0 Qatar (And it was Holland who also progressed into the knockout stages against the USA with victory against the host nation who bowed out)
Iran 0 - 1 USA (And the Americans are in the round of 16 with their 1st win at a World Cup over Iran to set up a showdown with the Dutch)
Wales 0 - 3 England (And England come away with a hammering over the Welsh to set up a round of 16 showdown with Senegal)
Tunisia 1 - 0 France (And Tunisia claim the 4th upset of the tournament with an unlikely win over the current world champions France (Who thought they had it with Antoine Griezmann equalized but was denied by the VAR due to offside therefore handing the Tunisians a win) who had their 1st loss at the Football World Cup since 2014 against Germany in the quarterfinal)
Australia 1 - 0 Denmark (And another upset was on the way as the Socceroos decimate the Danes to secure a place in the round of 16 for the 1st time since 2006)
Poland 0 - 2 Argentina (It was Lionel Messi & Argentina's night as they clobber Poland to advance to the round of 16)
Saudi Arabia 1 - 2 Mexico (And Mexico claim a win but miss out a place in the round of 16 after conceding a late goal by Saudi Arabia to deny them a big chance therefore the Mexicans failed to make the knockout stages for the 1st time since 1978).
UPDATED
Croatia 0 - 0 Belgium (And the match had ended in a draw as Croatia went through to the knockouts with a draw knocking Belgium's ageing Golden Generation out)
Canada 1 - 2 Morocco (And it was the Moroccan's time to shine as they become the 2nd African side after Senegal to advance to the Round of 16 by toppling the Canadians who are already out of the tournament)
Japan 2 - 1 Spain (And it was Japan's moment as they claim another upset (The 5th or 6th of the tournament so far) over Spain in controversial fashion whether the match winning goal by the Japanese should not have stand as the ball had gone out of play (And the Spanish should've awarded themselves a goal kick instead if the referee overturned the decision from goal to no goal but due to lack of camera angles that there was no chance of changing that decision)
Costa Rica 2 - 4 Germany (And Germany come away with the victory over Costa Rica in a rematch of the opening game of the tournament in 2006 but miss out on a place in the knockout stages (And the Germans were robbed on that occasion as they miss out on a place in the round of 16 in controversial matters)
Korea Republic 2 - 1 Portugal (And Korea Republic (Who had their coach Paulo Bento banned for that game after being red carded by the referee in their loss against Ghana) had tasted another biggest upset of the tournament as they manhandled Portugal who already booked a place)
Ghana 0 - 2 Uruguay (And it Uruguay who bow out with a win over Ghana in a rematch of the 2010 quarterfinal in which Luis Suarez got sent off for an illegal handball moments before Asamoah Gyan missed a penalty)
Serbia 2 - 3 Switzerland (It was Switzerland's night as they marched on into the round of 16 with a win against Serbia)
& Cameroon 1 - 0 Brazil (And Cameroon (Who are out of the tournament already) have pulled off one of the biggest boil overs against Brazil who have already been qualified with a goal scored by Vincent Aboubakar just before he got sent off after another yellow card for celebrating illegally)
And here are the confirmed matches being played in the round of 16 stage in this years Football World Cup tournament:
The Netherlands Vs USA
Argentina Vs Australia*
France Vs Poland
England Vs Senegal
Japan Vs Croatia
Brazil Vs Korea Republic
Morocco Vs Spain
& Portugal Vs Switzerland*
*: Key matchups
And the latest on the Donald Trump saga that criminal referrals have been handed out by the January 6th committee to the former US president & 5 others including ex-New York mayor Rudy Giuliani in wake of the raids taken place by the FBI in late August/early September at the former US President's estate at Mar-El-Lago in Florida but it's been 2 years since the terrible events of the Capitol insurrection riots have happened as pro-Trump protesters were attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 US general election but on the 2 year anniversary of the riots that the US President Joe Biden had honored, praised & thanked law enforcement for providing security to the Capitol buildings & defending it from protesters.
And there are 7 main English speaking countries in the world such as New Zealand, Australia, South Africa (Along with Afrikaans & isiXhosa), United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada (Along with French) & the United States of America.
And finally that Spark Sport is closing down starting from July this year (And the main reason why they're shutting down was something had got to do with the COVID-19 pandemic that they had in 2020) with TVNZ being snapped up on the broadcasting rights to the cricket here in our country of New Zealand both internationally & domestically & potentially the UEFA Champions League but Sky has snapped up rights to broadcast Formula 1 for the 1st time since 2018 after Spark Sport had taken over the rights from 2019 until last year (And the FIA is announcing a crack down on drivers who are competing in F1 & any other FIA sanctioned events about illegally making political statements).
So that is my 477th blog of the year 2023 (MMXXIII) & my 1st of this year (That's all we've got time for, see you next time), viva Ukraine.
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