World Cup Nuggets – A hatful of hat-tricks

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”

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 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”

World Cup Nuggets podcast

Welcome to the World Cup Nuggets podcast, with more fun facts and stupendous stats about each of the 32 countries competing in Qatar. The next six episodes cover silky Senegal, strong Serbia, slick Spain, stoic Switzerland, tricky Tunisia and unbowed Uruguay. Listen out for the question that is set about every country at the end ofContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets podcast”