7th December 2022 In scoring the first hat-trick of the 2022 World Cup Gonçalo Ramos received immediate, global acclaim. Having replaced Cristiano Ronaldo in the Portuguese starting line-up the 21-year-old had already caused quite a stir and the eyes of the world were trained on the Benfica striker. He joined an illustrious list of playersContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – A hatful of hat-tricks”
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World Cup Nuggets Day 16
What a climax to the Last 16. From the seventh goalless draw of the tournament – equalling the record – that led to a memorable Moroccan penalty shoot-out to the biggest win in a Last 16 match Portugal’s 6-1 shellacking of Switzerland, including the first hat-trick of the tournament from Gonçalo Ramos, more of whomContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Day 16”
World Cup Nuggets Day 15
With six of the quarter-finalists now decided there has yet to be a turn-up for the books, with all the favoured sides winning their Last 16 games so far. CROATIA SPOT ON – Four of Croatia’s last five knock-out matches have gone to extra time, and three of those have gone to penalty shoot-outs withContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Day 15”
World Cup Nuggets Day 14
So far the favourites have sailed through their Last 16 ties, after Netherlands and Argentina the day before, France dispatched Poland 3-1 and England coasted past Senegal 3-0. FRANCE ON COURSE – Les Bleus could become only the third side to retain the World Cup after Italy (1934 & 1938) and Brazil (1958, 1962). IndeedContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Day 14”
World Cup Nuggets Day 13
The Round of 16 started with relatively straightforward wins for Netherlands and Argentina who now meet in a mouth-watering encounter in the quarter-finals on Friday. DUTCH CONSISTENCY – The Dutch have now reached at least the last eight in seven of their last nine appearances. The Oranje have not lost in 90 minutes in 18Continue reading “World Cup Nuggets Day 13”
World Cup Nuggets – First Round
You can pick up a copy of the World Cup Nuggets book directly from the publishers, Halcyon https://bit.ly/3eXfV2y or via Amazon https://amzn.to/3TKD1J0 – the choice is yours… GROUP GREMLINS So the Group matches are over and we have had plenty of shocks to the system including the downing of several strong contenders – Belgium, Denmark and Germany – is this theContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – First Round”
World Cup Nuggets Day 12
You can pick up a copy of the World Cup Nuggets book directly from the publishers, Halcyon https://bit.ly/3eXfV2y or via Amazon https://amzn.to/3TKD1J0 – the choice is yours… The 100th goal of the tournament came in the Canada Morocco match and to great delight in the recesses of The Football Mine it was the first own goal of 2022. MOROCCO KEEP ONContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Day 12”
World Cup Nuggets Day 11
You can pick up a copy of the World Cup Nuggets book directly from the publishers, Halcyon https://bit.ly/3eXfV2y or via Amazon https://amzn.to/3TKD1J0 – the choice is yours… The bias towards goals in the second half of matches has continued with all Wednesday’s seven goals coming after half-time so now 65 of the total of 95 have come in 2nd half, aContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Day 11”
Half-time World Cup Nuggets Day 10
Here are some half-time stats followed by Day 10 Nuggets, the first day of destiny as Group A and Group B were decided. HALF-TIME : 32 games gone, 32 remaining it’s high time to dig out seven Nuggets from the tournament so far and here they all are – gathered in on place. You canContinue reading “Half-time World Cup Nuggets Day 10”
World Cup Nuggets – Day 9
Only Canada and Qatar are out of the tournament while Brazil and Portugal joined France having confirmed their qualification. So there’s all to play for in the third round of Group matches. As 32 of the 64 matches have now been completed look out for HALF-TIME NUGGETS coming out at lunchtime – they are aContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – Day 9”
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