Tag: Football News

The UEFA play-offs decide the last two World Cup tickets for Europe Czech Republic became the 14th team to qualify for the World Cup in Lithuania Finland and Serbia will play for the continent’s last ticket on offer Czech Republic beat Croatia on penalties in the second leg of the UEFA play-offs to become the 14th team to qualify for… Read More

Antony Silva was key in Paraguay’s win over Venezuela Keeper talks about his penalty save and role in these qualifiers “We can work with a bit more peace of mind,” he tells FIFA.com “When he stood so straight behind the ball, I felt he wouldn’t be able to swing it inside me, so I didn’t hesitate to throw myself to… Read More

Three different Online Qualifiers stages across two months of competition Dedicated qualification path to start building team legacies Clubs from across the world to compete on the Road to the FIFAe Club World Cup 2021 This season’s FIFAe Club Online Qualifiers will feature clubs from across the globe competing in three different qualification stages, allowing new and established clubs to… Read More

Santi Cazorla was part of Spain’s golden generation The ex-Arsenal and Villarreal midfielder joined Al Sadd earlier this year He talks about Qatar’s World Cup preparations and being coached by Xavi Santi Cazorla wrote his name large in Spain’s football history. He was a member of a golden generation that dominated world football for years, earning La Roja one FIFA… Read More

Gustavo Alfaro speaks exclusively to FIFA.com Argentinian discusses his career and how he came to coach Ecuador Also analyses opening games of South American qualifiers and the challenges ahead Following his appointment as Ecuador coach, Gustavo Alfaro had less than two months to prepare the team for the start of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2022™ and instil in… Read More

Somalia won their first FIFA World Cup qualifying match in September 2019 That victory over Zimbabwe was not sufficient to reach the next round It did, however, have a huge impact, according to defender Mohamud Ali “Don’t quit, suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion,” said boxing legend Muhammad Ali. One of Somali’s defenders, who… Read More

Nigeria won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013 and 2015 We look at what some triumphant Golden Eaglets have gone on to achieve One has become the most expensive African footballer in history They were the back-to-back tournaments that catapulted Nigeria above Brazil and into the throne as the record five-time FIFA U-17 World Cup™ winners. At UAE 2013,… Read More

Djibouti have improved tremendously under Julien Mette Team’s French coach discusses his philosophy Captain Waiss talks about his coach and Qatar 2022 qualifiers “Discipline, beautiful football, intelligence, aesthetics, pride, unity, hard work and commitment.” Those are the eight words used by Djibouti captain Daoud Waiss to describing his coach Julien Mette, who has been doing stellar work since taking charge… Read More

Dominic Calvert-Lewin is the Premier League’s joint-top goalscorer He discusses his aerial ability & desire to be England’s main man DCL hails James, Richarlison, Rashford and Lewandowski Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s reputation has, in a few months, skyrocketed proportionately to his torso whenever James Rodriguez or Lucas Digne have swung back their arrows and aimed at the blue bullseye, AKA his head.… Read More

Tang Jiali scored four times in 2020 AFC Women’s Olympic qualifying She will be a key player for China PR in their play-off against Korea Republic Forward tells FIFA.com about her development and Olympic hopes China PR’s Olympic hopes hinge on February’s crunch AFC qualifying play-off against Korea Republic. With the stakes high and no margin for error in their… Read More