Decision time from the first 2 groups

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 3, night 10, game 33, group A:

Netherlands - Qatar 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 26 (25.55) Cody Gakpo

               2:0 49 (48.55) Frenkie de Jong

Stoppage time played for both halves: 3.00 + 6.02.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 3, night 10, game 34, group A:

Ecuador - Senegal 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 44-pen (43.41) Ismaila Sarr

               1:1 67 (66.57) Moises Caicedo

               1:2 70 (69.30) Kalidou Koulibaly

Stoppage time played for both halves: 6.00 + 6.56.

Additional information 1: from this group Netherlands together with Senegal have qualified for the first knockout stage.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 3, night 10, game 35, group B:

Wales - England 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 49 (49.17) Marcus Rashford

               0:2 50 (50.53) Philip Foden

               0:3 68 (67.40) Marcus Rashford

Stoppage time played for both halves: 4.59 + 4.00.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 3, night 10, game 36, group B:

Islamic Republic of Iran - United States of America 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 38 (37.50) Christian Pulishic

Stoppage time played for both halves: 7.03 + 9.52.

Additional information 2: England and United States of America are into next phase - round of 16.

Additional information 3: after the completion two pairs were formed for the knockout round one, who are Netherlands - United States of America (03 December) and England - Senegal (04 December).

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Relaxing after having an advantage of two targets is not advisable (for some teams)

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, day 09, game 29, group G:

Cameroon - Serbia 3:3

Scorers: 1:0 28 (28.07) Jean-Charles Castelletto

               1:1 45+1 (45.22) Strahinja Pavlovic

               1:2 45+3 (47.53) Sergej Milinkovic-Savic

               1:3 53 (52.26) Aleksandar Mitrovic

               2:3 63 (62.54) Vincent Aboubakar

               3:3 66 (65.25) Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

Stoppage time played for both halves: 7.23 + 6.12.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, night 09, game 30, group H:

South Korea - Ghana 2:3

Scorers: 0:1 24 (23.44) Mohammed Salisu

               0:2 34 (33.49) Mohammed Kudus

               1:2 57 (57.19) Cho Gue-Sung

               2:2 60 (60.07) Cho Gue-Sung

               2:3 68 (67.52) Mohammed Kudus

Stoppage time played for both halves: 05.03 + 10.53.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, night 09, game 31, group G:

Brazil - Switzerland 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 82 (82.16) Carlos Casimiro

Stoppage time played for both halves: 0.59 + 5.54.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, night 09, game 32, group H:

Portugal - Uruguay 2:0

Scorer: 1:0 54 (53.42) Bruno Fernandes

             2:0 90+2-pen (92.13) Bruno Fernandes

Stoppage time played for both halves: 03.01 + 10.08.

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Knockout stage one on weekend

In the next five days and nights we are going to say bye bye to the group phase duels, so that on the weekend starts the real business: the elimination part and hence the first 4 quarter-final teams would be known. But before that, beginning from phase three, a new kick off time will be introduced.

Continuation part of round 2:

28 November, Monday at 11.00 CET: Cameroon - Serbia.

28 November, Monday at 14.00 CET: South Korea - Ghana.

28 November, Monday at 17.00 CET: Brazil - Switzerland.

28 November, Monday at 20.00 CET: Portugal - Uruguay.

Round 3:

29 November, Tuesday at 16.00 CET: Ecuador - Senegal.

29 November, Tuesday at 16.00 CET: Netherlands - Qatar.

29 November, Tuesday at 20.00 CET: Islamic Republic of Iran - United States of America.

29 November, Tuesday at 20.00 CET: Wales - England.

30 November, Wednesday at 16.00 CET: Australia - Denmark.

30 November, Wednesday at 16.00 CET: Tunisia - France.

30 November, Wednesday at 20.00 CET: Poland - Argentina.

30 November, Wednesday at 20.00 CET: Saudi Arabia - Mexico.

01 December, Thursday at 16.00 CET: Croatia - Belgium.

01 December, Thursday at 16.00 CET: Canada - Morocco.

01 December, Thursday at 20.00 CET: Costa Rica - Germany.

01 December, Thursday at 20.00 CET: Japan - Spain.

02 December, Friday at 16.00 CET: Ghana - Uruguay.

02 December, Friday at 16.00 CET: South Korea - Portugal.

02 December, Friday at 20.00 CET: Cameroon - Brazil.

02 December, Friday at 20.00 CET: Serbia - Switzerland.

Last 16:

03 December, Saturday at 16.00 CET: 1A - 2B.

03 December, Saturday at 20.00 CET: 1C - 2D.

04 December, Sunday at 16.00 CET: 1D - 2C.

04 December, Sunday at 20.00 CET: 1B - 2A.

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Quickest goal of the competition scored

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, day 08, game 25, group E:

Japan - Costa Rica 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 80 (80.08) Keysher Fuller Spence

Stoppage time played for both halves: 0.59 + 6.20.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, night 08, game 26, group F:

Belgium - Morocco 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 73 (72.37) Abdelhamid Sabiri

               0:2 90+2 (91.51) Zakaria Aboukhlal

Stoppage time played for both halves: 3.42 + 5.11.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, night 08, game 27, group F:

Croatia - Canada 4:1

Scorers: 1:0 01 (01.08) Alphonso Davies

               1:1 36 (35.55) Andrej Kramaric

               2:1 44 (43.32) Marko Livaja

               3:1 70 (69.37) Andrej Kramaric

               4:1 90+4 (93.26) Lovro Majer

Stoppage time played for both halves: 5.01 + 6.02.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, night 08, game 28, group E:

Spain - Germany 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 62 (61.34) Alvaro Morata

               1:1 83 (82.25) Niclas Fullkrug

Stoppage time played for both halves: 2.18 + 5.47.

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Identical result has appeared twice

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, day 07, game 21, group D:

Tunisia - Australia 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 23 (22.51) Mitchell Duke

Stoppage time played for both halves: 5.01 + 6.14.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, night 07, game 22, group C:

Poland - Saudi Arabia 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 39 (38.58) Piotr Zielinski

               2:0 82 (81.35) Robert Lewandowski

Stoppage time played for both halves: 9.58 +7.10.

- Salem al-Dawsari had a chance to equalize for Saudi Arabia on 45+1 (45.35), however his 11 metre punishment was beautifully saved.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, night 07, game 23, group D:

France - Denmark 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 61 (60.25) Kylian Mbappe

               1:1 67 (67.15) Andreas Christensen

               2:1 85 (85.10) Kylian Mbappe

Stoppage time played for both halves: 3.00 + 7.06.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, night 07, game 24, group C:

Argentina - Mexico 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 64 (63.33) Lionel Messi

               2:0 87 (86.40) Enzo Fernandez

Stoppage time played for both halves: 5.28 + 6.28.

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Vital victory came with two late goals within stoppage time

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, day 06, game 17, group B:

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Wales - Islamic Republic of Iran 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 90+08 (97.56) Roozbeh Cheshmi

               0:2 90+11 (100.37) Ramin Rezaeian

Stoppage time played for both halves: 04.25 + 12.07.

- An absolutely deserved direct red card in this match received the Welsh goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey on 86 (85.53) for doing a nasty foul outside his penalty area, making it the first of the tournament.

- For second consecutive duel Islamic Republic of Iran gave two targets in stoppage time (of second half), outdoing their game from first round when they gave one goal.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, night 06, game 18, group A:

Qatar - Senegal 1:3

Scorers: 0:1 41 (40.21) Boulaye Dia

               0:2 48 (47.52) Famara Diedhiou

               1:2 78 (77.40) Mohammed Muntari

               1:3 83 (83.07) Bamba Dieng

Stoppage time played for both halves: 7.02 + 6.00.

- History has been made for the home country when the striker gave the first ever goal in any of these final tournaments.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 2, night 06, game 19, group A:

Netherlands - Ecuador 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 05 (05.04) Cody Gakpo

               1:1 49 (48.44) Enner Valencia

Stoppage time played for both halves: 3.59 + 6.07.

- Both of the above two goal scorers also have shaken the nets of the opposing teams in the first phase.

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Zeros in first halves at all four duels

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 1, day 05, game 13, group G:

Switzerland - Cameroon 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 48 (47.32) Breel Embolo

Stoppage time played for both halves: 2.50 + 6.08.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 1, night 05, game 14, group H:

Uruguay - South Korea 0:0

Stoppage time played for both halves: 1.02 + 7.46.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 1, night 05, game 15, group H:

Portugal - Ghana 3:2

Scorers: 1:0 64-pen (64.20) Cristiano Ronaldo

               1:1 72 (72.12) Andre Ayew

               2:1 77 (77.07) Joao Felix

               3:1 80 (79.22) Rafael Leao

               3:2 89 (88.28) Osman Bukari

Stoppage time played for both halves: 01.58 + 10.08.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 1, night 05, game 16, group G:

Brazil - Serbia 2:0

Scorer: 1:0 62 (61.58) Richarlison de Andrade

             2:0 73 (72.54) Richarlison de Andrade

Stoppage time played for both halves: 1.01 + 7.07.

Additional information: an interesting fact is that for the first time (at the last four duels of round one) each of the first halves has been completed without a goal.

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Lucky seven

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 1, day 04, game 09, group F:

Morocco - Croatia 0:0

Stoppage time played for both halves: 2.11 + 5.58.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 1, night 04, game 10, group E:

Germany - Japan 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 33-pen (32.36) Ilkay Gundogan

               1:1 75 (74.46) Ritsu Doan

               1:2 83 (82.42) Takuma Asano

Stoppage time played for both halves: 5.56 + 8.10.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 1, night 04, game 11, group E:

Spain - Costa Rica 7:0

Scorers: 1:0 11 (10.52) Daniel Olmo

               2:0 21 (20.33) Marco Asensio

               3:0 30-pen (30.09) Ferran Torres

               4:0 54 (53.42) Ferran Torres

               5:0 74 (73.59) Pablo Gavira

               6:0 89 (89.11) Carlos Soler

               7:0 90+2 (91.57) Alvaro Morata

Stoppage time played for both halves: 5.03 + 8.03.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 1, night 04, game 12, group F:

Belgium - Canada 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 44 (43.33) Michy Batshuayi

- Canada could have gone in the lead on 10 (10.00), but the 11 metre shot from Alphonso Davies was perfectly saved.

Stoppage time played for both halves: 4.58 + 5.01.

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Up to four games began from schedule - and immediately a surprising result was scored

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 1, day 03, game 05, group C:

Argentina - Saudi Arabia 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 09-pen (09.15) Lionel Messi

               1:1 48 (47.39) Saleh al-Shehri

               1:2 53 (52.45) Salem al-Dawsari

Stoppage time played for both halves: 06.22 + 13.46.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 1, night 03, game 06, group D:

Denmark - Tunisia 0:0

Stoppage time played for both halves: 4.40 + 7.33.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 1, night 03, game 07, group C:

Mexico - Poland 0:0

- Robert Lewandowski at 58 (57.23) could have scored from the penalty spot for Poland, however the opposing goalkeeper has beautifully saved his shot.

Stoppage time played for both halves: 2.03 + 7.22.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, round 1, night 03, game 08, group D:

France - Australia 4:1

Scorers: 0:1 09 (08.25) Craig Goodwin

               1:1 26 (26.02) Adrien Rabiot

               2:1 31 (31.19) Olivier Giroud

               3:1 67 (67.05) Kylian Mbappe

               4:1 71 (70.52) Olivier Giroud

Stoppage time played for both halves: 6.09 + 7.11.

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Entertainment with eight goals

World Cup - Qatar 2022, day 02, game 02, group B:

England - Islamic Republic of Iran 6:2

Scorers: 1:0 34 (34.11) Jude Bellingham

               2:0 43 (42.47) Bukayo Saka

               3:0 45 (45.18) Raheem Sterling

               4:0 62 (61.29) Bukayo Saka

               4:1 65 (64.35) Mehdi Taremi

               5:1 71 (70.52) Marcus Rashoford

               6:1 89 (89.02) Jack Grealish

               6:2 90+13-pen (102.31) Mehdi Taremi

Stoppage time played for both halves: 14.03 + 13.04.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, night 02, game 03, group A:

Senegal - Netherlands 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 84 (83.49) Cody Gakpo

               0:2 90+8 (98.17) Davy Klaassen

Stoppage time played for both halves: 02.42 + 10.03.

World Cup - Qatar 2022, night 02, game 04, group B:

United States of America - Wales 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 35 (35.12) Timothy Weah

               1:1 82-pen (81.33) Gareth Bale

Stoppage time played for both halves: 03.56 + 10.32.

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Stepping into round two

In the following seven days and nights of the World Cup the rest 30 teams will be introduced to the public. That is how the first stage is going to conclude and immediately is starting the second on weekend. Also three more kick off times would exist until the end of the group stage.

21 November, Monday at 14.00 CET: England - Islamic Republic of Iran.

21 November, Monday at 17.00 CET: Senegal - Netherlands.

21 November, Monday at 20.00 CET: United States of America - Wales.

22 November, Tuesday at 11.00 CET: Argentina - Saudi Arabia.

22 November, Tuesday at 14.00 CET: Denmark - Tunisia.

22 November, Tuesday at 17.00 CET: Mexico - Poland.

22 November, Tuesday at 20.00 CET: France - Australia.

23 November, Wednesday at 11.00 CET: Morocco - Croatia.

23 November, Wednesday at 14.00 CET: Germany - Japan.

23 November, Wednesday at 17.00 CET: Spain - Costa Rica.

23 November, Wednesday at 20.00 CET: Belgium - Canada.

24 November, Thursday at 11.00 CET: Switzerland - Cameroon.

24 November, Thursday at 14.00 CET: Uruguay - South Korea.

24 November, Thursday at 17.00 CET: Portugal - Ghana.

24 November, Thursday at 20.00 CET: Brazil - Serbia.

25 November, Friday at 11.00 CET: Wales - Islamic Republic of Iran.

25 November, Friday at 14.00 CET: Qatar - Senegal.

25 November, Friday at 17.00 CET: Netherlands - Ecuador.

25 November, Friday at 20.00 CET: England - United States of America.

26 November, Saturday at 11.00 CET: Tunisia - Australia.

26 November, Saturday at 14.00 CET: Poland - Saudi Arabia.

26 November, Saturday at 17.00 CET: France - Denmark.

26 November, Saturday at 20.00 CET: Argentina - Mexico.

27 November, Sunday at 11.00 CET: Japan - Costa Rica.

27 November, Sunday at 14.00 CET: Belgium - Morocco.

27 November, Sunday at 17.00 CET: Croatia - Canada.

27 November, Sunday at 20.00 CET: Spain - Germany.

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Opening mistake(s)

World Cup - Qatar 2022, night 01, game 01, group A:

Qatar - Ecuador 0:2

Scorer: 0:1 16-pen (15.49) Enner Valencia

        \    0:2 31 (30.45) Enner Valencia

Stoppage time played for both halves: 4.59 + 5.20.

Additional information: after the wonderful and a perfect 10 out of 10 for the opening 30-minute-ceremony from the host, the first couple of refereeing errors have just arrived in a space of 160 seconds. Before the official countdown to one this match has already started, while the disallowed goal that was scored on 03 (02.40) from the 'guests' should not have been cancelled for offside by the video assistant system because the 'policemen from above' did not detect the player with the maroon shirt near the goal. Therefore the first hat trick of the competition was avoided to be registered on the opening night.

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Just love to provoke

On the October issue of the French satirical magazine Le Canard enchaine the hosts of the World Cup (that begins this Sunday) were practically belittled. Qatar players are basically drawn like terrorists, with (long) beards, machetes, guns, launching rockets, and with angry faces. To this disgusting and racist caricature many users of the social media has responded (each one on a negative way and none in positive), and its drawing of the article can be seen on the following video:

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Hefty fine for only one club

Feyenoord, who is competing at Europa league, had to pay a severe punishment because their supporters caused a real havoc at the last two games of the tournament. In total from its cash box were lessened with 106.000 euros by the European football organization three days ago. Divided on three points, the punishment looks like this:

- On 27 October in Graz, Dutch fans was pronounced guilty for using of pyrotechnics, throwing objects on the terrain, disturbing other spectators and destruction of inventory against Sturm. Apart from 50.000 euros penalty the team cannot sell visiting tickets for the next game.

- Seven nights later the opponent was Lazio playing at home, but this time its fans blocked the stairways. Hence the team had to deliver 26.000 euros.

- Because pyrotechnics again was the issue and object throwing on the same match, for this case an additional 30.000 euros fine was issued.

Consequently the whole north stand would have to be empty on their next home duel of the competition.

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Guilty, but remained on the competition

It looks like the saga between Chile and Ecuador is finally over, well... with minor consequences. The first country has accused the second of fielding an ineligible player throughout the elimination games of the World Cup 2022, and thus wanted to replace them at the finals which starts from this weekend.

Hence the last word has said the Court of arbitration for sport 10 days ago confirming that defender Byron Castillo had a right to play, but its football federation was sanctioned for the "falsified" passport. Also they have to pay a fine of 100.000 Swiss francs (101.016 euros), and lastly Ecuador will have to start with minus three points or would commence as tenth nation in the qualifiers for the World Cup 2026 event.

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There is always something happening for the first time

Starting from Sunday at the World Cup three interesting facts will debut or has debuted on the event concerning judges on the pitch.

- On the male games there are going to appear up to three lines and three main female referees: from France together with Rwanda.

- The third one is Yoshimi Yamashita of Japan who on 01 August became the first official 'woman in blue' in her own country.

- Also on 2022, the 36-year-old debuted at two club events for the first time: leading the Asian Champions league duel and in the national championship (J1 league).

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Knockout stages has been revealed

Eight days ago the European football organization has ended the club international tournaments for 2022 with the final draw that was performed for the first knockout phase. Therefore 24 duels have been formed for the three events that will begin from the second month of next year.

Games from the last 16 stage are going to be played on two months. In a real torture and anxiety: the first 90 minutes of the Champions league tournament are scheduled on 14, 15, 21, 22 February, while at 07, 08, 14, 15 March are the deciding dates. All of the eight matches below will begin from 21.00 CET.

Rasenballsport Leipzig - Manchester city.

Club Brugge - Benfica.

Liverpool - Real Madrid.

Milan - Tottenham.

Eintracht Frankfurt - Napoli.

Borussia Dortmund - Chelsea.

Inter - Porto.

PSG - Bayern.

Pairs from Europa league would be played only on one night: the first leg have to be on 16 and at 23 February are the second leg. Two times exist for this competition - 18.45 together with 21.00 CET where duels are going to be divided on four each. Winners of the eight groups would have a rest at round of 32: Arsenal, Betis, Fenerbahche, Ferencvarosh, Feyenoord, Freiburg, Real Sociedad and Union Saint-Gilloise.

Barcelona - Manchester united.

Juventus - Nantes.

Sporting - Midtjylland.

Shakhtar Donetsk - Stade Rennais.

Ajax - Union Berlin.

Bayer - Monaco.

Sevilla - PSV.

Red bull Salzburg - Roma.

On an exact copy from the predecessors, the Conference league will have the same kick-off times and dates of play. Here the only difference is that eight new teams have directly qualified for the round of 16, and those are AZ, Djurgarden, Bashakshehir, Nice, Sivasspor, Slovan, Villareal plus West ham. But for now next meeting are pairs of the last 32 phase with the following outcome:

Qarabag - Gent.

Trabzonspor - Basel.

Lazio - Cluj.

Bodo/Glimt - Lech.

Braga - Fiorentina.

AEK - Dnipro-1.

Sheriff - Partizan.

Ludogorets - Anderlecht.

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List of participants were finalized

Finally came 14 November when in was revealed the last piece of the puzzle: it was the date where 32 trainers had to give the final participants. In total 832 footballers was allowed to appear for the upcoming World Cup, however 1 player will be missing from the list.

Reason for that lies that one team has called up 25 footballers out of the permitting 26 (of course not all would run up on the terrain). Each one of them would be recognized with shirt numbers from 01 to 26 (not higher). Another interesting fact is that this same team, together with another one, are the only ones who have included four goalkeepers, while all the rest have registered of up to three.

You can read all names on the world football organisational website.

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Nearly one month of pure holiday ahead

From the last World Cup in 2018, it has passed four years, some months plus days. The wait is finally over and starting from next weekend we are going to enjoy edition number 22 of the most watched sporting event on earth.

Staging it for the first time at the Arab world and also debuts in different (winter) season, the 2022 competition are going to be divided in two phases: from 20 November until 02 December would be played the group stages, and out of 03 as far as 18 December are scheduled the four knockout phases (here is included the classification game as final). On 8 stadia, the 32 teams will be dispersed in 5 cities throughout Qatar. Everything is indicating that this will be the last format with 8 groups because there are rumours that for the 2026 tournament teams will rise to 48 (although this has not yet been confirmed nor how the qualifying / final schedule is going to look like).

Division of the teams by regions are in the following way: 13 from Europe, Asia with 6, 5 have Africa, together with 4 each from continents that share the same name - North and South America (as you can see here from this list the only missing is from Oceania). World champions are France where in the game 64 we will see if it defended the title which is a long way to go, while from now everything commences with match 01:

20 November, Sunday at 17.00 CET: Qatar - Ecuador.

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Video help would come from start

From 18 September 2018 the little monitors from above detected any irregularities that players from the three South American international major club competitions would do or beginning of the quarterfinal stage. Less than five years later this helping tool will be expanded and commence from start.

Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana together with Recopa Sudamericana out of 08 February 2023 are going to use the video assistant referee technology in all phases of the tournaments. After checking that there are technical and logistical conditions, this decision was brought on 11 October by the continental organization. Hoping to bring football justice on the pitch this request wanted some participants of the events where the consulting house Ernst and Young Argentina has confirmed the validity of the whole process.

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Participation at the major team event benefits clubs

Clubs who will release players to participate in the upcoming World Cup would receive certain amount of money from the world football organization.

In total on disposal are 215 million euros out of which for one day all clubs are going to get 10.294 euros per day. Just to compare with the 2018 tournament this number was 8.700 euros a day. Footballers who would represent their clubs in the final would get 298.526 euros knowing the fact that they will be present in Qatar for 29 days.

Together with the qualifiers each clubs that player came from are eligible to be compensated.

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Cruise ship number one has arrived at destination

For those spectators who cannot find their housing place on land, the World Cup host has provided a back up solution: to live and be surrounded by water on three giant ships which will pose as a temporary home.

One of them has appeared today on the Inland sea of Qatar, while the other two are on schedule to join in in the following days. Calling it 'World Europa', this gigantic trio belongs to Msc (Mediterranean shipping company) where is the biggest in its series of the firm and is completely built in France. Motors are running on liquefied natural gas.

It has 22 decks, 2.633 cabins that can take around 6.800 fans or can have a total capacity of up to 12.400 guests. At the cruise will work 2.100 crew members who are going to take care of the people where in their disposal are going to be 32 restaurants and bars, cultural and fun activities, water slides... Pleasure to be on this beauty costs from 695 euros per night.

The company and the welcoming country has signed an agreement in 2019 to deliver these ships only to cover up accommodation shortages where millions of fans are expected to watch and enjoy the biggest sporting event on earth that starts from next weekend.

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Wants to change its name

One country which is a part of Great Britain wants to change its name, so that in the future would be known (and sound) to the public a little bit differently.

In international dictionary we all know that is Wales, however on 31 October the executive director Noel Mooney announced plans to alter their name to Cymru, which in local language means - Wales. The football association is being encouraged to do this shifting by another example when this summer Turkey officially has become Turkiye.

Because there was no time to change it for such short period for the upcoming World Cup it will be called by the name that is familiar nowadays, but after the event the replacement might be inevitable to come very soon.

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It is good to be first

Out of 32 teams that are going to participate at the World Cup event one of them has announced the final list of players earlier than expected. At the beginning of the month Japan has released the list of the 26 participants who will run out to the pitch (not all of them would be seen).

Last month local organizers have said that this team would arrive first in Qatar on 07 November, but until now there is no confirmation that the East Asian team is already adapting to the new climate.

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Could not finished the game in time so they lost the trophy

Dramatic scenes happened yesterday afternoon at one South American Super Cup final as the match ended prematurely because one team did not had enough players on the pitch to finish it.

For the Trofeo de Campeones (Champions trophy) it was competing the winner of the national championship (Boca juniors) and the victory team from the local Cup (Racing club). The number one club of the table received five red cards against its opponent who got two. Also, Facundo Tello has send off two more players plus one official from the bench. Nervousness began with the little boxing show at the stoppage time of the second half, and its completion came after the winning goal of Racing club in the second 15 minutes of additional time. Since majority of footballers were missing from the terrain, the result here did not count thus the champions of Argentina automatically has lost the opportunity to lift the title.

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Stupidity never ends

In the following article just three states are going to be mentioned: one of them who was disqualified from the play off, the other who lost in the play off, while the third one is a team who will be in the finals. All of them participated for the eliminations games of the World Cup (to some point).

And for this event, Islamic Republic of Iran from the first round has tormented itself and at the end have succeeded to pass all impediments just to appear on the greatest show on earth that is going to start next weekend, thus in this case the team would be travelling through sporting merit. Now comes the football association of Ukraine which at the beginning of the week officially asked the world football organization to throw them out (only 20 nights before the start). Few days earlier the same idiotic statement repeated the director of Shakhtar Donetsk Serhii Palkin. The reason behind this absurd request is not of sporting nature, but something else: the Persian country is accused of supplying drones to Russia of who are using them for the invasion / special military operation on Ukraine.

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Disgraceful behaviour

The European version of Nations league is over, and in the closing stages of the first part (group phase) some shameful scenes were noticed. Because of that one member association had to pay certain amount of punishment.

On the last Sunday of September Austria and Croatia entertained each other with the last duel. In that encounter the visiting fans have made some disturbances in terms of discriminatory chants and for the conduct had to pay 20.000 euros, plus the team is forbidden to sell tickets for the next home official match for at least 2.000 seats. Also on Wednesday the Balkan country was fined for two more violations by the European football organization which happened on the same match: using of pyrotechnics by the fans that is equal to 2.500 euros together with 20.625 euros for throwing objects onto the pitch.

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Known some information about one regional championship

Edition number 17 of the Gold Cup 2023 tournament will be staged from 24 June until 16 July. Hence from now some dates together with the final place have been revealed.

On 28 October the North, Central American and the Caribbean confederation has announced that SoFi arena (which comes from the first two letters of 'Social finance' company) at the Los Angeles area is going to host the final match of the event. And tickets for this mentioned duel would go on sale on Monday, 07 November. But before the final something else have to happen.

Until now only four secured participants are known that have qualified for the major competition. Twelve more have to appear (all of them would come from another tournament), and when that is done it would be formed first and second preliminary rounds. Both of those elimination phases are going to be played between 16 and 20 June completing the final line-up just four nights prior to the official start of the regional championship. Who will play who at the preliminaries together with the Gold Cup groups would be known at the draw conducted on 14 April of next year.

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Union clubs differentiates each other with only one target

Conference league 2022-23 season, group stage, round 6:

Bashakshehir - Hearts 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 04 (03.34) Youssouf Ndayishimiye

               2:0 33 (32.42) Serdar Gurler

               3:0 64 (63.58) Berkay Ozcan

               3:1 89 (89.19) Nathaniel Atkinson

Rigas futbola shkola - Fiorentina 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 07 (06.37) Antonin Barak

               0:2 44 (43.58) Arthur Cabral

               0:3 45+1 (46.04) Riccardo Saponara

Apollon - Vaduz 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 31 (30.52) Valentin Roberge

AZ - Dnipro-1 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 07 (07.19) Jens Odgaard

               1:1 40 (39.37) Artem Dovbyk

               2:1 87 (86.52) Vangelis Pavlidis

Pyunik - Basel 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 17 (16.32) Darian Males

               0:2 29 (28.58) Anton Kade

               1:2 71 (70.56) Luka Jurichic

Slavia Praha - Sivasspor 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 28-pen (27.27) Max-Alain Gradel

               1:1 65-pwn goal (64.43) Dimitrios Goutas

Gent - Molde 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 51 (51.09) Andrew Hjulsager

               2:0 61 (61.14) Bruno Godeau

               3:0 79 (79.16) Sven Kums

               4:0 88-pen (88.07) Hugo Cuypers

Djurgarden - Shamrock rovers 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 19 (18.45) Magnus Eriksson

Zhalgiris - Slovan 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 15 (14.25) Aleksandar Chavric

               0:2 22 (22.03) Aleksandar Chavric

               1:2 47 (46.32) Francis Kyeremeh

- Giorgi Chakvetadze (Slovan) hit the crossbar from 11 metres at 89 (89.04).

Cluj - Ballkani 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 17 (16.46) Nana Boateng

- Home midfielder Ciprian Deac failed twice to convert an 11 metre punishment, as the opposing goalkeeper has made fantastic saves for both of them: the first was at 33 (32.46), and because visiting player run to soon in the penalty box, the retaken one at 34 (34.09) was only a deja-vu.

Silkeborg - Anderlecht 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 20 (19.25) Lior Refaelov

               0:2 90+4 (93.43) Benito Raman

- Direct red card received the Silkeborg midfielder Anders Fersien Klynge on 26 (25.36).

Hapoel Be’er Sheva - Austria Wien 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 29 (28.48) Sagiv Shalom Yehezkel

               2:0 32 (32.14) Ramzi Safuri

               3:0 63 (62.45) Itay Shechter

               4:0 73-own goal (72.55) Johannes Handl

Partizan - Slovacko 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 41-pen (40.29) Bibras Natcho

               1:1 73 (72.30) Ondrej Mihalik

Lech - Villarreal 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 26 (26.05) Kristoffer Velde

               2:0 51 (50.34) Michal Skoras

               3:0 77 (76.38) Michal Skoras

Additional information: Bashakshehir, Fiorentina (group A), West ham, Anderlecht (group B), Villarreal, Lech (group C), Nice, Partizan (group D), AZ, Dnipro-1 (group E), Djurgarden, Gent (group F), Sivasspor, Cluj (group G), Slovan, Basel (group H) have all qualified for the knockout stages. This time the third placed clubs will stay and watch this competition from home.

Europa league 2022-23 season, group phase, round 6:

Sheriff - Omonia 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 87 (86.56) Rasheed Akanbi

Monaco - Crvena zvezda 4:1

Scorers: 1:0 05 (04.23) Kevin Volland

               2:0 27 (26.28) Kevin Volland

               3:0 49-own goal (49.11) Milan Rodic

               3:1 54-pen (53.55) Guelor Kanga

               4:1 86 (86.15) Kevin Volland

Trabzonspor - Ferencvarosh 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 07 (06.29) Anastasios Bakasetas

Midtjylland - Sturm 2:0

Scorer: 1:0 14 (14.06) Anders Dreyer

             2:0 72 (71.49) Anders Dreyer

Qarabag - Freiburg 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 25-pen (24.40) Nils Petersen

               1:1 90+1 (90.52) Owusu Kwabena

- From 61 (60.58) Qarabag played with 10 men because Kevin Medina saw a direct red card.

Feyenoord - Lazio 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 64 (63.27) Santiago Tomas Gimenez

- Luka Romero (Lazio) saw his second yellow card on 90+5 (95.16).

Real Sociedad - Manchester united 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 17 (16.38) Alejandro Garnacho

Dynamo Kyiv - Fenerbahche 0:2 (neutral terrain)

Scorers: 0:1 22 (22.05) Arda Guler

               0:2 45+1 (46.06) Willian Arao

- Minor foul for second yellow, which turn into red, got Illya Zabarnyi (Dynamo Kyiv) on 68 (67.53).

Betis - HJK 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 20 (19.42) Aitor Ruibal

               2:0 40 (39.59) Aitor Ruibal

               3:0 90+2 (91.58) Nabil Fekir

Bodo/Glimt - PSV 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 35-own goal (34.57) Alfons Samspted

               0:2 52 (51.45) Johan Bakayoko

               1:2 90+3 (92.22) Nino Zhugelj

Braga - Malmo 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 36 (35.44) Ricardo Horta

               2:0 54 (53.59) Alvaro Djalo

               2:1 77 (76.32) Patriot Sejdiu

Stade Rennais - AEK 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 16 (16.08) Matthis Abline

               1:1 76 (75.43) Rafael Lopes

Roma - Ludogorets 3:1

Scorers: 0:1 41 (40.54) Rick Morais

               1:1 56-pen (55.23) Lorenzo Pellegrini

               2:1 65-pen (64.35) Lorenzo Pellegrini

               3:1 85 (84.34) Nicolo Zaniolo

- At 90 (89.25) Olivier Verdon picked up a direct red card leaving Ludogorets to finish the match with 10 players.

Union Saint-Gilloise - Union Berlin 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 06 (05.32) Sven Michel

Arsenal - Zurich 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 17 (16.37) Kieran Tierney

Additional information: the following 16 clubs are into knockout phases Arsenal, PSV (group A), Fenerbahche, Stade Rennais (group B), Betis, Roma (group C), Union Saint-Gilloise, Union Berlin (group D), Real Sociedad, Manchester united (group E), Feyenoord, Midtjylland (group F), Freiburg, Nantes (group G), Ferencvarosh, Monaco (group H), while Bodo/Glimt (group A), AEK (group B), Ludogorets (group C), Braga (group D), Sheriff (group E), Lazio (group F), Qarabag (group G), Trabzonspor (group H) have been transferred to play in the Conference league.

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Merciless guests have stopped on six

Champions league 2022-23 season, group stage, phase 6 (night 2 of 2):

Real Madrid - Celtic 5:1

Scorers: 1:0 06-pen (05.25) Luka Modric

               2:0 21-pen (20.50) Rodrygo de Goes

               3:0 51 (50.39) Marco Asensio

               4:0 61 (60.51) Vinicius de Oliveira

               5:0 70 (70.14) Federico Valverde

               5:1 84 (83.33) Joao Filipe

- On 34 (34.12) Celtic could have scored, but the ball from 11 metres did not went in from Josip Juranovic because it was beautifully saved.

Shakhtar Donetsk - Rasenballsport Leipzig 0:4 (neutral place)

Scorers: 0:1 09 (09.04) Christopher Nkunku

               0:2 49 (49.11) Andre Silva

               0:3 62 (61.53) Dominik Szoboszlai

               0:4 67-own goal (67.05) Valery Bondar

Manchester city - Sevilla 3:1

Scorers: 0:1 30 (30.16) Rafael Mir

               1:1 52 (51.48) Rico Lewis

               2:1 73 (72.33) Julian Alvarez

               3:1 83 (82.37) Riyad Mahrez

Maccabi Haifa - Benfica 1:6

Scorers: 0:1 20 (19.30) Goncalo Ramos

               1:1 26-pen (25.54) Tjarron Chery

               1:2 59 (58.24) Petar Musa

               1:3 69 (68.42) Alejandro Grimaldo

               1:4 72 (72.15) Rafael Silva

               1:5 87 (87.12) Henrique Araujo

               1:6 90+2 (91.56) Joao Mario

Kobenhavn - Borussia Dortmund 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 22 (22.05) Thorgan Hazard

               1:1 40 (40.04) Hakon Arnar Haraldsson

Milan - Red bull Salzburg 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 13 (13.07) Olivier Giroud

               2:0 46 (45.42) Rade Krunic

               3:0 57 (56.43) Olivier Giroud

               4:0 90+1 (90.28) Walter Messias

Additional information: To the knockout stages goes Chelsea, Milan (group E), Real Madrid, Rasenballsport Leipzig (group F), Manchester city, Borussia Dortmund (group G), Benfica, PSG (group H). Red bull Salzburg (group E), Shakhtar Donetsk (group F), Sevilla (group G), Juventus (group H) were transferred  to Europa league.

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