3 June 2018
Chile won the Copa America in 2015 and 2016 and played in the Confederations Cup last year in Russia, yet they have failed to qualify for this summer’sWorld Cup. The Chileans would argue that a lack of summer rest for their players in the past few years has impacted them and several star men have been omitted from these friendly games. But Serbia sees the game as a far more important one. The…
3 June 2018
Sporting Kansas City have been underachieving for some seasons now, finishing either sixth or fifth in the past four years. However, this season they seem to be aiming for a higher position and on current form, they just might get it. Sporting KC’s last game ended in a draw against Columbus Crew, however, they have lost just once in their last 12 MLS outings and they are currently top of the…
3 June 2018
This match looks like a World Cup semifinal or quarterfinals, however, these teams have failed to qualify for Russia 2018 and have just begun a major rebuilding work for Euro 2020. The Netherlands finished 3rd behind Sweden in their group stage while the Italians suffered playoffs defeat at the hands of the same Swedes. If you have a good look at the current options that both teams have, you…
1 June 2018
Belgium’s talented squad head to this summer’s World Cup as favourites yet again and this game offers Roberto Martinez the chance to test his selected players against reigning European champions, Portugal. Portugal defended their way to victory in Euro 2016, and they have selected almost the same group of defenders, however, it seems very unlikely for them to record the same kind of success at…
1 June 2018
As the World Cup gets closer, England and Nigeria prepare for the competition by taking on each other in this friendly game. The English would play Costa Rica after this game, while Nigeria would take on the Czech Republic. This game would help England prepare for their group matches against Tunisia and Panama, so we may well get a good look at how Gareth Southgate wants his team to play in the…
1 June 2018
Although they failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in Russia, Austria come into this game in top form having avoided defeats in their last 6 games and have kept a clean sheet in their last 3 matches leading up to this encounter. They would, however, need to do better than they did in their last match against Russia which they won, if they want to get a result against the defending world…
29 May 2018
This game brings together two of Brazil’s biggest teams head to head and the home side would be looking to take advantage of their home crowd to get the maximum points after 90 minutes. Gremio have one of the strongest squads in the division and this is evidenced by them lifting the Copa Libertadores last season, however, they have still failed to win the Brazilian Serie A since 1996 and this…
29 May 2018
New England Revolution started the season with a defeat at the hands of Philadephia Union, but they recovered from that to win three of their opening five games and never tasted defeat until a month after their first loss. But it seems they have now hit a bad patch and their current form should worry their fans. They played out a thriller in their 3-3 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps at the…
29 May 2018
After missing out on World Cup qualification, Romania have picked up some form in the friendlies ahead of this game. They recovered well from a loss to the Netherlands by beating Israel 2-0 away from home before following that up with a 1-0 win over World Cup participants, Sweden. This game offers them the chance to collect three wins on the trot. Chile also failed to qualify for the World Cup in…
27 May 2018
Portugal gets their preparation for Russia 2018 underway with this friendly match against Tunisia who are also headed for the world football showpiece. One player who would be missing this game is Christiano Ronaldo who helped Real Madrid to win their third consecutive Champions League title in Kyiv on Saturday. Going by how important he would be to Portugal in the World Cup, we feel they should…
27 May 2018
This match pits South Korea together with Honduras who nearly qualified for the World Cup before falling to defeat at the hands of Australia in the playoffs. The South Koreans have suffered some dip in form since they secured qualification for the World Cup. Would they get back to winning ways here ahead of their next three other warm-up games or would Honduras get revenge over an Asian country?…
25 May 2018
Having ended the 2016 and 2017 season as league champions, it must have hurt really bad for Copenhagen to see themselves in fourth position this season. In truth, they never really threatened the top two teams, but this game offers them the chance to finish the season in a European place. If Copenhagen can beat this Aarhus side that finished the season in the tenth position, they can finish in a…