Soccer (FIFA)

Soccer (FIFA)

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The Germany national team will play a friendly match against Switzerland in the buildup to the 2026 World Cup. The game will be played in Basel, Switzerland, on the 27th of March. It is one of the two friendlies to be played in the March international window. Originally, Germany was supposed to play against Ivory Coast, but the game was canceled after the two sides drew each other in the World Cup group stage.

It was the second game in a row that the defender had missed, having not played in the 1-1 draw with West Ham last week. That turned out not to be the case, and de Ligt was nowhere to be seen in the matchday squad. In his post-match press conference, Amorim remained tight-lipped about a potential return for the centre-back. "I don't know, sometimes you have an idea then you have to see day by day, the head coach said. I'm not going to say when he is coming back."

Starting with the hosts, while QPR might have signed off November with a downbeat 3-1 loss away at relegation scrappers Norwich, the Hoops come roaring back in an eye-catching fashion over the weekend. Putting in a rampant performance at Loftus Road as they stormed their way to a 3-1 victory against West Brom, Julien Stephan's side have skyrocketed their way into the top-half of the Championship standings.

It is something I have been dreaming of all summer and when it happens you feel like you are living the dream. So I am quite happy for that reception, which gave me goosebumps when I came on. It was a long wait, but in the end, we got there. I had to watch the team from the stand. Every few days, I would visualise myself on the pitch and imagine helping the team in the best way I can.

Fifa says it will include three-minute hydration breaks in each half of every game at next year's World Cup, not just those played in hot weather. The referee will stop the game 22 minutes into each half for players to take drinks, regardless of the temperature, the host country the United States, Canada or Mexico or whether the stadium has a roof and air conditioning.

Of course you hear about things like that. It's naturally an honor and makes me a bit proud when I read things like that,

Alexander Rssing-Lelesiit did not play for Hamburg in Sunday's stellar win, and he will hope that his career has more decisive contributions than this one in store. As the final whistle went on a breathless Nordderby victory over Werder Bremen, the 18-year-old bobbed in front of the visitors' bench and celebrated wildly, prompting some afters between the two squads in a game that bubbled excitedly without exploding into disorder.

It's true, Napoli pushed harder from the start, we were too timid to move the ball around, then lost it cheaply, so they made us run after them. They are in good shape, so if you don't keep the ball, they make you run all over the pitch with their strength and quality. We can do better than we did today, as we gifted an incredible number of passes to them,

The term 'Olmpico' is used to describe a rare goal where a player scores directly from taking a corner without any other player getting a touch on the ball. Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes scored an Olimpico goal on Saturday during their 2-1 win over Burnley. The term comes from the first ever recorded goal of its kind, scored by Cesareo Onzari in 1924 for Argentina against Uruguay.