Tag: Spain
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Paris 2024 Olympic: Real reason Super Falcons lost to Spain – Nigeria coach, Waldrum
Head coach of Nigeria’s Super Falcons, Randy Waldrum has attributed his side’s defeat against Spain at the Paris 2024 Olympics Women’s football to poor marksmanship. The West Africans suffered their second consecutive defeat at the 2024 Olympic Games, going down 1-0 against the world champions on Sunday. The Super Falcons were pinned back by the…
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Paris 2024 Olympic: Nigeria coach, Waldrum names Super Falcons’ starting XI to face Spain
Nigeria’s Super Falcons coach, Randy Waldrum has named his starting XI to face reigning World Champions, Spain, in the Women’s football Olympic clash on Sunday evening. Waldrum decided to give former Barcelona attacker Asisat Oshoala her first start of the competition. Oshoala had missed Nigeria’s 1-0 defeat to Brazil a few days ago in their…
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FIFA ranking: Nigeria drop one place as Spain, Argentina, France top list
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped one place in the latest FIFA world rankings. The Super Eagles are now the 39th best team in the July ranking published by FIFA on Thursday. However, Nigeria are currently the 5th best team in Africa. Morocco are number one in Africa and the 14th best team in…
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Euro 2024 final: Golden Boot winners, Player of the Tournament confirmed
England captain, Harry Kane and Spain midfielder, Dani Olmo, are among the six players who have shared the Euro 2024 Golden Boot. All the players who also scored three goals at the Euro 2024 are: Jamal Musiala (Germany), Ivan Schranz (Slovakia), Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) and Georges Mikautadze (Georgia) Neither Kane nor Olmo scored in the…
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Euro 2024 final: Oyarzabal scores winner as Spain beat England
Spain defeated England 2-1 to win the Euro 2024 on Sunday in Germany. The first half of the match ended goalless. But it was La Roja who took the lead immediately after the break. Nico Williams finished off a fine team move past England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. Gareth Southgate’s side levelled the game in the…
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Euro 2024 final: Rooney predicts player that’ll score winning goal
Manchester United legend, Wayne Rooney has predicted that Kobbie Mainoo will score the decisive goal in the Euro 2024 final between England and Spain. England will tackle Spain in the Euro 2024 final in Berlin, Germany on Sunday. However, Rooney believes the Three Lions will win the Euros ahead of Spain. “I just have a…
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Euro 2024: Two players fight for Golden Boot [Top six scorers]
The race for the Euro 2024 Golden Boot could be a straight shoot-out between England’s Harry Kane and Spain’s Dani Olmo. Both teams will face off in the Euro 2024 final in Berlin, Germany on Sunday. Kane got his third goal of the tournament from the penalty spot as England defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in…
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Euro 2024: Referee to officiate England vs Spain final confirmed
UEFA on Wednesday, confirmed that referee Francois Letexier will be the match referee for the Euro 2024 final between England and Spain on Sunday in Germany. The Euro 2024 match will be the fourth that Letexier will be officiating at the tournament. Letexier has been an international referee since 2017. The 35-year-old will be joined…
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Euro 2024: England to play Spain in final after beating Netherlands
England will play Spain in the Euro 2024 final on Sunday after beating the Netherlands in the semi-final. TOTAL SPORTS reports that the Three Lions won 2-1 against the Netherlands on Wednesday night in Germany. The Dutch team took the lead through a Xavi Simons’ fine strike that flew past England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. But…