Video footage shared online showed crowds overturning and setting ablaze a car in Brussels, the Belgian capital. Local reports said rioters also set fire to electric scooters and threw bricks at other vehicles. A Brussels police spokeswoman, Ilse Van de Keere, told reporters that one person had suffered injuries. It was not immediately clear if the protests were between rival fans of the teams. In response, the police in Brussels deployed water cannons and fired tear gas to disperse the crowds, videos showed.
Glyn Kirk/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesEntering the World Cup, there were many questions about the Mexican national team. How good was the squad, really? Was its coach making the right calls? Was this all going to end in bitter disappointment again? Two games into the tournament and the answer feels clear. After a 2-0 loss to Argentina on Saturday night, Mexico sits in last place in its four-team group.
Costa Rica held on to the ball for just 38 percent of the match. Japan might have been doomed from the start, when its manager, Hajime Moriyasu, rejiggered the starters against Costa Rica, putting Takuma Asano, who scored the game winner against Germany, on the bench. Moriyasu brought Asano in to start the second half, sparking a relentless assault on Costa Rica’s goal. The Blue Samurais then took control of the game after a very dull first half from both teams.
The Costa Ricans also did the Germans a huge favor. It cannot be eliminated with a tie or even a loss against Spain and can even win the group with victories in its next two games. Here’s what to know:At no point in the game did Costa Rica look like it was going to score a goal. Until it did. Japan had more shots, 14, versus Costa Rica’s four, and possessed the ball for 47 percent of the game.
Nov. 27, 2022, 3:16 p. ETFollow live coverage of U. A vs. Iran and the latest World Cup standings. DOHA, Qatar — A representative of Iran’s soccer federation on Sunday called for the United States to be expelled from soccer’s World Cup over social media posts that the federation claimed had “disrespected” Iran’s flag. The United States Soccer Federation drew Iran’s ire by including a doctored Iran flag in two posts on its official social media accounts on Saturday. A spokesman for U. Soccer said the decision to use an Iranian flag stripped of the country’s official emblem and two lines of Islamic script in posts on Twitter and Instagram was intentional, and meant to show support for the women of Iran — a nod to protests that have roiled Iran at home and followed its team to the World Cup in Qatar.
Our friends at The Upshot have you covered. 27, 2022, 10:24 a. ET 4 Croatia 1 Canada Alphonso Davies (2’) Despite playing against the runner-up from the last World Cup, Canada attacked early and often against Croatia. It led to a second-minute score from Alphonso Davies — Canada’s first-ever World Cup goal. But Canada’s fast start quickly faded as it was overmatched in midfield. Croatia scored two goals before halftime to take the lead and two more in the second half to finish off Canada, 4-1. Canada is eliminated from the World Cup with the loss. Croatia sits atop Group F with four points. ImageCredit...
Pool photo by Hannah MckayCanada’s goal came just 68 seconds into the match. Playing a much freer and more forward role than he normally does for Bayern Munich, Alphonso Davies arrived late to the box and headed home a Tajon Buchanan cross. But overloading the wings meant Canada was down a man in the midfield, and the 39-year-old Atiba Hutchinson and his partner, Stephen Eustáquio, were repeatedly exposed by the Croatian trio of Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic and Marcelo Brozovic. A nice through ball put Andrej Kramaric in to score his first goal in the 36th minute, and a poor attempted clearance allowed Marko Livaja to score Croatia’s second from outside the box just before halftime. In the second half Kramaric took down a cross and put the ball on his left foot to score from the penalty spot.
Its streak of advancing to the knockout stage in seven straight World Cups is dangerously close to ending. In order to keep it going, Mexico will have to beat Saudi Arabia — by a lot — and pray for some help. “We still have some hope and we have faith and we have to work, ” forward Hirving Lozano said in Spanish on Saturday night after the loss to Argentina. “Even if there’s a 1 percent chance, we’ll try. ”The biggest problem for Mexico so far this tournament has been what it will need the most on Wednesday against Saudi Arabia: goals. Mexico has scored none. In two games, it has attempted 15 shots. Only five have been on target.
Canada Is Out, and Iran Wants U. S. Gone, TooNov. 27, 2022, 4:15 p. m. ETImageCredit... Richard Heathcote/Getty ImagesLive coverage of Spain-Germany here. Niclas Füllkrug preserved Germany’s World Cup with a strike in the 83rd minute that led to a 1-1 draw against Spain on Sunday. The Germans still need to win their last group match — against Costa Rica, who upset Japan on Wednesday — to have a chance of advancing to the knockout stage. In a tense, back-and-forth matchup of World Cup heavyweights, Spain struck first when Álvaro Morata picked up a Jordi Alba Jordi cross to the near post and slammed it past Germany’s goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer. But Füllkrug, who came on as a substitute in the second half, rewarded Hansi Flick’s decision with the decisive goal.
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