Beat Slovakia at Hampden and Slovenia in Ljubljana in the space of four days next month to reach 20 points and we’re a step closer to Russia 2018. This competent and professional 2-0 win against Malta coupled with England’s comeback win against Slovakia makes the arithmetic simple. Six points and […]
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England took a huge step towards securing qualification for next year’s World Cup with a 2-1 win over Slovakia earlier tonight. But one of the main talking points after the match involved a clip of Alli reacting angrily to a challenge from Martin Skrtel. It sparked huge debate on social […]
Alli made a gesture towards French official Clement Turpin in the second half of the match at Wembley after he felt he deserved a free kick following an altercation with Slovakia defender Martin Skrtel. The Tottenham man was not punished during the game but could be if Clement includes it […]
Clement, not Dick, was the official from France and his decision not to penalise last man Kyle Walker for a foul on Vladimir Weiss on the stroke of half-time saved England from having to play the second half with 10 men. They took full advantage as the young Manchester United […]
England had to come from behind to beat Slovakia 2-1 and to close in on next year’s World Cup finals. Slovakia stunned hosts England in the third minute when Stanislav Lobotka punished some slack defending to prod the opener past keeper Joe Hart. Eric Dier calmed the home jitters with […]
Ordinarily you would think a World Cup qualifying campaign that has featured just two defeats in 17 matches would be considered a success. But when such a campaign has yet to achieve its ultimate aim, you can understand why the Socceroos’ bandwagon remains parked in the side street. Anti-climactically, tonight’s […]
6.56pm BST18:56 Slovakia’s team has not yet been confirmed by Uefa, but it looks very much like it will be this: Dubravka; Pekarik, Skrtel, Durica, Hubocan; Lobotka, Skriniar; Weiss, Hamsik, Mak; Nemec. Share this post Google plus close 6.42pm BST18:42 The teams! Well, one of them anyway! As widely predicted, […]
The winner will likely face David Goffin, the Belgian No 9 seed, although he is still on the injury comeback trail and will not find a clash with Andrey Rublev a formality by any stretch of the imagination. Should Nadal make it past the Ukrainian, as he has in six […]