A rainy night on the shores of the Baltic was an unlikely place for Balkan political tensions to flare up. In the...
This year’s World Cup is proof, if any was needed, that we do not need FIFA’s proposed expanded format. Football’s governing body...
The penalty kick has been a strange, unchallenged norm in football for over 100 years. It often rewards cheating, it encourages diving...
Only Gareth Southgate and his coaching staff will know whether the decision to rest their entire offensive arsenal was a deliberate tactical...
The round of 16. England are through to the second round of the 2018 World Cup and are so in-fashion. Two out...
Ever since Euro 2008, Spain have been among the favourites heading into every major international tournament, and for a four year period...
No more managing expectations. If England cannot negotiate their way past a mediocre Colombia they should be labelled failures. There’s been a...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, Lionel Messi’s Argentina, a Spain team containing Isco and Asensio: all eliminated in the round of sixteen. Every team...
Spain had almost everything going their way with Julen Lopetegui in charge. With an unbeaten run that stretched to 19 matches heading...
The aftermath of Germany’s wholly catastrophic World Cup showing is not over. Sure, the players are starting to decompress and go on...