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5 days ago
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Barcelona star wins Nations League Goal of the Tournament award
A member of the attacking ranks at La Liga champions Barcelona this weekend secured for himself fresh recognition for his ongoing excellence on the international front. This player in question? Lamine Yamal. Advertisement Wide-man Lamine is of course fresh off playing a starring role for Spain at the recently-completed Nations League. Whilst the 17-year-old and his La Roja teammates were ultimately put to the sword by Portugal in the tournament's finale, Lamine, en route to the showpiece, continued to build on his reputation as world football's very best young player. In the semi-finals against France, the winger notched a brace, amid a brilliant individual showing. It is another of his goals, though, which has this weekend earned for Lamine a noteworthy accolade. As per a statement across the competition's official social media channels, the Barcelona standout has secured the award for Nations League Goal of the Tournament. Advertisement This comes owing to the following moment of magic against The Netherlands back in March: Conor Laird – GSFN
Yahoo
6 days ago
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Euro Under-21: 3️⃣ key takeaways from Spain's comeback
Trailing from the start, Spain U21 turned the situation around in three minutes at the end of the match this Friday in Bucharest. A precious victory (2-1) in the race for the Euro, carried by two last-minute heroes. Here are the three points of the match. 1️⃣ - Nightmare start for Spain As early as the 4ᵗʰ minute, Romania opens the scoring with Luis Munteanu. Chilling atmosphere for La Roja. And as if that wasn't enough, Mateo Joseph misses a penalty in the 26ᵗʰ... In short, a start of the match to quickly forget for the young Spaniards. 2️⃣ - Rapid turnaround in 3 minutes Just when they were thought to be at the end of their rope, the Spanish hopefuls strike in the last minutes: Jauregizar equalizes in the 85ᵗʰ, and Roberto Fernández makes the entire bench explode in the 88ᵗʰ. Two goals in three minutes, that's what we call a rapid comeback! 3️⃣ - Jauregizar and Roberto, the heroes of the evening Mikel Jauregizar, solid throughout the match, comes out of his shell at the right time to put his team back in the game. And Roberto Fernández, super clutch, scores the winning goal with coolness. These two clearly showed that they have the shoulders to carry this team. Real bosses on the field. This article was written with the help of AI Also read: - Club World Cup - Group A: Can Messi and Miami do it? Advertisement - The funniest football club tweets 🤣 - Paul Pogba is already ready to settle in Monaco! This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here. 📸 Dan Mullan - 2024 Getty Images
Yahoo
12-06-2025
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🌍 World Cup 2026: how are the favourites looking a year out? 🤔
🌍 World Cup 2026: how are the favourites looking a year out? 🤔 The 2026 World Cup kicks off in... a year, on June 11, 2026! Argentina, Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Brazil: we're taking stock of the state of the big nations 365 days before the big day! They're on fire ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Argentina, Spain Argentina, the current world champion, is leading the qualification group in South America. Lionel Scaloni's players have been officially qualified for several weeks now, and nothing seems to be disturbing them a year before the World Cup. Advertisement On the Spanish side, the year that followed their Euro 2024 title was... almost perfect. La Roja hasn't lost a single match since March 22, 2024 (a 1-0 defeat to Colombia in a friendly), and the defeat in the Nations League final to Portugal on penalties won't plunge Lamine Yamal and his teammates into doubt. It's promising ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Portugal Vitinha, João Neves, Bruno Fernandes, Rafael Leão, Rúben Dias, Cristiano Ronaldo: Portugal's squad is certainly the most complete and intimidating in the world! The victory in the Nations League should give confidence to the entire team and, above all, credit to Roberto Martínez. Although not everything is perfect yet, and sometimes not pretty to watch, the last two matches against Germany and Spain are promising! It's coming together ⭐⭐⭐ Germany, England On the German and English sides, the two teams, respectively led by Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel, are in the midst of (re)building. Again, not everything is perfect, but we're starting to see where the two coaches want to go... They're raising questions ⭐⭐ France, Brazil France's post-Euro 2024 period doesn't allow us to approach the 2026 World Cup with full confidence. The defeats against Italy, in Croatia, and against Spain were worrying... just as the victories against Germany, in Italy, or against Croatia at the Stade de France were promising. Advertisement Didier Deschamps has exactly one year to get his Blues out of the fog... On the Brazilian side, the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti should help relaunch a selection that has been struggling in recent years. 📸 Ricardo Moreira - 2025 Getty Images Big danger ⭐ Italy Absent from the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, Italy could miss... the 2026 one! Beaten 3-0 over the weekend in Norway, the Squadra Azzura is already lagging behind Erling Haaland's teammates in the qualifying campaign for the World Cup. Luciano Spalletti was fired, and the team is in crisis. Above all, talented players are terribly lacking. Italy's generational gap is worrying. Also read: - PSG unveils its 2025-26 home jersey Advertisement - Jersey news from last week - Euro U21 2025: our 5 players to watch This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here. 📸 Marcelo Endelli - 2025 Getty Images
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11-06-2025
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The 🔟 most talked-about moments from the international break 🍿
Celebrations, banter, golazos: the buzzworthy images from the international break are here! Roland-Garros 1 - Nations League 0 🎾 Sunday afternoon, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner faced off in the Roland-Garros final, in a legendary match, that the players of La Roja did not miss! The Spaniards were spotted, warming up before their Nations League final against Portugal, following their compatriot's final. However, they failed to emulate him by losing their final. Cherki's banger 💥 Before being transferred to Manchester City on Tuesday, Rayan Cherki made his first appearance with the French team, and dazzled in the defeat against Spain (5-4), in the Nations League semi-final, with his talent. Among other things, a high-class golazo, voted the best goal of the Final Four. The joy of Uzbekistan 🎉 The team of former Lens player Khusanov, now at Manchester City, managed to qualify for the first World Cup in its history, in a year, after a draw against the United Arab Emirates. An achievement that has shaken the country, as evidenced by the immediate reaction of journalists. The emotions! CR7's tears 🥹 Against Spain, Sunday night, Cristiano Ronaldo won the Nations League with Portugal, by defeating La Roja in penalty kicks. A great emotion for the Portuguese legend. Ribéry well bantered 🤣 This is the story of the biter bit. Usual banterer, known for his humor, Franck Ribéry got caught in his own game. After a jab at CR7, referring to the 2013 Ballon d'Or result, Ribéry was heckled by Portuguese fans when their idol scored against Spain, in the Nations League final. The backlash. Senegal makes history 🦁 Tuesday night in the match, Senegal became the first African nation to beat England (3-1), thanks to well-known names from Ligue 1: Ismaïla Sarra, Habib Diarra and Cheick Sabaly. Depay and the Netherlands in war machine mode 💣 For the World Cup qualifiers, the Netherlands gave a thrashing to Malta (8-0). An opportunity for Depay to become the top scorer in the history of the selection (50 goals, like Van Persie). Pedri sets a date 👀 Defeated by Portugal in the Nations League final, Barça and Spain's midfielder, Pedri, showed that he had quickly turned the page, with a cryptic but well-received message for the next World Cup! The huge troll in Kings League 🤡 It wasn't Lamine Yamal's week. Despite the victory against the Blues, the Barcelona prodigy lost the final against Portugal, and his team was eliminated from the Kings World Cup by F2R, the French team of AmineMaTue. So the tricolors didn't hesitate to banter! The crazy request of a fan 😭 The CR7 mania will never stop. Well, not anytime soon. During the Nations League final against Spain, a fan didn't miss the chance to send him some love and write a rather special request! This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here. 📸 TOBIAS SCHWARZ - AFP or licensors
NDTV
11-06-2025
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Uruguay On Brink Of 2026 FIFA World Cup Berth, Chile Out
Uruguay edged closer to qualification for the 2026 World Cup with a 2-0 win over Venezuela on Tuesday as Chile's elimination was confirmed with defeat to Bolivia. Goals from Rodrigo Aguirre and Giorgian de Arrascaeta secured all three points for Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay in Montevideo to leave the two-time world champions firmly on course for a place in next year's finals in North America. Uruguay moved into third place in South America's 10-team qualifying standings with 24 points from 16 games, behind leaders Argentina, who have already qualified, and second-placed Ecuador. Ecuador can seal their World Cup berth later Tuesday with a draw or victory over Peru in Lima. Venezuela, who are bidding to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in the nation's history, are seventh with 18 points from 16 games. The top six finishers in the standings qualify automatically for the World Cup, with the seventh-placed team advancing to an intercontinental playoff. A Venezuelan victory in Montevideo on Tuesday would have given them a huge boost in their bid for qualification. But Bielsa's Uruguay were always in control, taking the lead in the 43rd minute when Mexico-based forward Aguirre headed home from a corner. Uruguay doubled their advantage just after half time with a fine run and shot from Flamengo winger De Arrascaeta. Venezuela's defeat means that both Brazil and Paraguay have a chance to qualify later Tuesday in their game in Sao Paulo. Paraguay will book their place in the finals with a draw while Carlo Ancelotti's Brazil can punch their ticket with a win. Bolivia defeated Chile 2-0 to end the former South American champions' hopes of qualification. It marks the third straight World Cup that Chile have missed out on following failure to qualify for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. The loss continues a dramatic fall from grace for 'La Roja', who won back-to-back Copa Americas in 2015 and 2016.
