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England vs. France 6-4 England's offensive movement looked good and direct. In the 2nd minute, Rice suddenly shot and scored from long range outside the box in a nonchalant manner. France's counter-attack looked threatening as well. Before the 18th minute, England scored again from a corner kick and header. England had it easier than expected against France as the English could find space and be lethal in counter-attack. Before the 37th minute, the back line was open again as the French were up forward in trying to score so England took advantage and scored their third. France's defence was totally broken as England scored their fourth going into stop-itch time. In the second half, France caught up 3 goals with quick passing forward movement. France also beefed up the back line. What was hopeless for France has turned into hopeful and momentum of attack was on their side. In the 86th minute however, England fortunately was fou...

France vs. Spain 0-2 Both teams put pressure on each other from the beginning of first half. It seemed like Spain's forward movement was faster than usual. Spain looked to keep possession and France to counter or attack quickly. They took turns intercepting the ball. At the 19th minute, Spain got lucky and got fouled by France in the box to which Spain scored via penalty kick. France looked threatening at first but after Spain's first goal, the momentum seemed to side with the latter. The mood of the second half was similar to that of first half. Spain scored an additional goal from a quick one-two pass starting from outside the box after the 57th minute. France was now in trouble as they were 2 behind. France kept knocking on the door but they didn't shoot enough on target. In the end, Spain wasted time. The main reason for France's defeat was because they were too careful with preparing for goal opportunities and ended up missing the timing of shooting on targe...

France vs. Morocco 2-0 France's Mbappe had a penalty kick at the 27th minute but it got blocked. Other than that, it was a stalemate in the first half. In the 59th minute, a goal was finally put in by Mbappe with his individual shooting skill at the perimeter of the penalty box. In the 65th minute, it was time Dembele's one man show as he scored on his own as well. Morocco tried to create opportunities for goal as they passed around and went forward. Morocco was trailing but they were surprisingly not rushing; they needed to increase the pace to be threatening. France also looked threatening in attack. Morocco had lots of possession but they were often intercepted. Spain vs. Belgium 2-1 Spain showed some magical passing plays highlighted by individual skills and dominated possession. Thus, they scored in the 29th minute. Belgium needed to catch up so they went forward and they successfully did so at the 40th minute from a good cross and a header connection. The game ...

Choose a match: Canada vs. Morocco Paraguay vs. France Brazil vs. Norway Mexico vs. England Portugal vs. Spain USA vs. Belgium Argentina vs. Egypt Switzerland vs. Colombia Canada vs. Morocco 0-3 Show/hide video Canada threatened Morocco with fast paced attack from the start. Morocco took dominance in ball possession but had difficulty going forward because of Canada's pressuring and counters. The first half ended in a stalemate. Morocco started off more pacey in the second half. They got a free kick outside the box and they did a promised play where they succeeded in scoring in the 50th minute. Canada could press but their finishing move was frustrating since they were too careful and didn't try shooting. When they went forward, it was just hoping luck would be on their side. Their passing play didn't flow as well as it did in first half. In the 81st minute, Morocco's forward movement flowed well that opened up Canada...

Choose a match: Canada vs. South Africa Brazil vs. Japan Germany vs. Paraguay Netherlands vs. Morocco Ivory Coast vs. Norway France vs. Sweden Mexico vs. Ecuador England vs. Congo Belgium vs. Senegal USA vs. Bosnia Spain vs. Austria Portugal vs. Croatia Switzerland vs. Algeria Australia vs. Egypt Argentina vs. Cape Verde Colombia vs. Ghana Canada vs. South Africa 1-0 Show/hide video Canada calmly moved forward and dominated possession while South Africa looked to counter but it was a stalemate of a match. Davies came in for Canada after the latter half of second half in hopes of changing the mood; it was his first ever appearance in this World Cup as he sat on the bench due to injury. When Davies had the ball, it was easily stolen. His passing condition was also not good. Canada's condition deteriorated near the end of 90 minutes. Whenever the South African keeper got the ball, the crowd booed him because h...

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