#also colombia if they qualify tomorrow!!!

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also can we talk about how Jamaica, South Africa and Nigeria have all qualified for the ro16 of the World Cup despite receiving support from their FA’s ranging from 'nominal' to 'none' (x) (x) (x)

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Group Stage Update

I have been busy being a tourist in New Zealand, which is a beautiful country, and have not had time to sit down and talk through all the games happening. Groups A, B, and C have already played their last group stage games and teams have moved on to the knockout round, and other teams will do the same in the next three days. 

Group A

Group A was the wildest group by far, with each team getting at least one win. This meant that each team had the ability to advance to the knockout stage with a win in their last game. Switzerland ended up winning the group with a win and two ties, and Norway took second place with only one win and one tie. The last games were probably the least dramatic–Norway steamrolled the Philippines 6-0, and Switzerland held New Zealand to a 0-0 tie. It was a hard game to watch, as Switzerland seemed to be playing for the tie instead of a win, while New Zealand threw everything they had at the game and still came up short.

Group B

This group also had some chaos, with the marquee teams Australia and Canada both struggling, and both needing a win against the other to move on. But it wasn't the close match a lot of people expected, Australia ended up dominating 4-0, preventing Canada, the current Olympic gold-medalists, from moving out of group stage. Big Oof. Nigeria also qualified for the knockout stage, with two 0-0 ties, and a surprise win over Australia, which seems to have kicked the host country into action before their Canada game. Maybe they owe Nigeria a thank you?

Group C

This was a classic group stage–no ties, no upsets. Japan won all three games, including a decisive 4-0 win against Spain, even though Spain held 77% possession. Japan's counterattack is LETHAL. For their part, Spain won pretty easily against the other two group opponents, but they will need to be on their toes in the knockout stage.

Group D

This is another group shaping up to be a classic group stage with no upsets–but although the results look normal, the games have been anything but. Haiti has kept both of their games to only 1-0 losses, and England has only had 1-0 wins. England can go through with a win or a tie, but could technically get knocked out if both Denmark and China with with goal differentials greater than 2. Math is fun!!

Group E

USA play tonight against Portugal, and need a win or a tie to go through. Although both USA and Netherlands are slated to go through, either team could get knocked out by an upset. I'm stressed.

Group F

F is for…France? Fail? Freedom? Right now, France and Jamaica are the top two teams in the group. If things go as expected in their games tomorrow, France and Brazil will be the top two. But none of the games in this group have been "as expected". I'll be at the France vs. panama game in Sydney tomorrow night. Allez les Blues! 

Group G

Sweden has locked in their path to the world cup with two wins, but any other team could be the second team to go through. Argentina has a tough task with their last game against Sweden, but Italy and South Africa will literally be battling head to head for the last spot. Italy could get through with a win or a tie, while South Africa needs an outright win. 

Group H

Colombia has surprised the world by beating Germany for their second win, locking them in for the group stage. Germany did generally play well and will likely take the second spot, barring any HUGE upset by South Korea, but that's not impossible after two upsets in their last three games (Zambia and Colombia). 

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Emiliano Martinez comments on Argentina national team, World Cup qualifiers

Emiliano Martinez spoke about the Argentina national team and the two World Cup qualifying matches.

Martinez has become the undisputed starter for the Argentina national team. A hero at the Copa America, the 29 year old spoke to the official Argentina Twitter account, regarding the team. Here is what he had to say:

“We are still hungry. We come here to continue winning, to continue to unite as a team and as a group. Today, the coach told us that what we did passed, that this is a World Cup year and that we have to do our best to be on that list. So no one comes here to relax.”

“We are going to play every match as if it were the last. We have to be the best version of ourselves if we want to reach the objective and that starts tomorrow.”

The Argentine also spoke about the match against Chile:

“A brave match. We already lived it in the World Cup qualifiers and the Copa America, they were two 1-1 results, a tight match. Especially at altitude, we don’t know how the pitch is going to be but we’ll see what we’ll find. If we give it our best, we have a chance to win the game.”

Regarding the match against Colombia:

“We lived it at the Copa America, a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes. They are very brave. They have players that are at a great level, just like us. But we are going to play at home, in Cordoba, we want to bring joy to the fans.”

He also spoke about the fans:

“We are proud. We lived it in San Juan, the craziness of the fans, how the match was lived. It was a unique experience for me, I had never played there and I want to do the same in Cordoba. Having the possibility of the fans being able to watch the Argentina national team is something unique for them and for us too.”

Argentina soccer news

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Olympic Football: Australia qualify for men's football tournament at Tokyo Olympic

Australian team qualified for their first Olympic men's football tournament for 12 years with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Uzbekistan in the third-place playoff at the Asian Football Association (AFC) Under-23 Championships in Bangkok.

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Nicholas D’Agostino scored the winning goal in the 47th minute at Rajamangala Stadium in Thailand’s wealth. D'Agostino's second period the strike helped the Olyroos win 1-0 AFC U23 champion Uzbekistan in final win match at the Tokyo Olympics with Saudi Arabia and South Korea, who qualified by winning the semi-finals.

It is the first time that Australia has qualified for the Olympic men's football tournament since Beijing 2008. However, the wait continues for Uzbekistan, which has never yet qualified for the Olympic Games. Their misery was made worse when substitute Oybek Bozorov was sent off in the 59th minute for a bad challenge. D’Agostino's goal came when he beat several Uzbek defenders before shooting in the bottom corner.

"I can’t really put it into words at the moment, just so happy," supposed the 21-year-old Perth Glory striker. 

That was the goal we had set for ourselves to come here. The fans were incredible, they encouraged us throughout the process. Australia is the 12th team to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. In addition to Saudi Arabia and South Korea, hosts from Japan, France, Germany, Romania and Spain from Europe, New Zealand from Oceania, Egypt, from Ivory Coast and South Africa from Africa is also already guaranteed to participate in the Olympic Games.

Two teams must qualify for the South American Football Confederation Pre-Olympic tournament which is currently taking place in Colombia. Scheduling is scheduled for completion in March when the two finalists for the North American and Central Caribbean Confederation Olympic Football Qualification Championship in Guadalajara, Mexico, qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

The final of the AFC Under-23 Championships is scheduled to take place tomorrow at Rajamangala Stadium. There will certainly be a new name on the trophy, as neither Saudi Arabia nor South Korea has ever won the tournament. Saudi Arabia finished second in the inaugural tournament in 2013 when it was beaten 1-0 by Iraq. South Korea reached the final in 2016, losing 3-2 to Qatar.

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Welcome to cowboy country

So yesterday involved nought but a dreary & rainy bu trip to Salento, which took not the two hour advertised but SIX GODDAMN HOURS. All these long bus journeys are playing absolute havoc with my messed up knee. I am glad I am the kind of person that can fall asleep on busses BUT the downside of that is I wake up with excruciating leg pain from lack of movement. Gotta just power through & get it all checked out when I��m home. Looking like that might not be too far away as the funds are dwindling rapidly (sadface). 

We’ve teamed up with Linzee & Lucy from our hostel in Cali so we went out for dinner with them last night at a place all decorated with cowboy stuff which I assumed was just a gimmick but it seems Salento is fully cowboy countryside, Colombia. It’s a tiny town surrounded by miles & miles of farmland, mountains, & coffee plantations. There are more horses on the roads than cars. The views from our hostel are pretty epic, so much greenery. The weather here is pretty chilly after the sun goes down. Suddenly wish I had a wider selection of warmer clothes but simultaneously chuffed & amazed that I have not needed them until now - it’s OCTOBER!! And it was still so sunny today that I was roasting in a sports bra & leggings!!

We made a mission to an organic coffee farm today for a little tour - much like Sam’s farm, this is a place run by a very small team & everything is done by hand - no chemicals, no industrial machinery, just old-skool coffee making. Very interesting stuff - they use avocado trees to shade the coffee plants & also so the avocados can fertilise the soil which almost made me sob to see all these sad avo’s just rotting away on the ground, never to fulfil their delicious avo toast destinies. Lots of fruits are grown on the coffee farm to distract the birds & insects from eating the coffee beans. Also lots of beautiful flowers so hummingbirds will come & help pollinate stuff. Circle of life & all that. 

I tasted a freshly popped coffee bean which is covered in a sweet sticky honey when it comes out of its little shell, & is pale greenish in colour. After that, they’re washed & stirred & stirred & washed in a big tub of water until all the sticky honey comes off. Step 3 is drying them out either on a rooftop (which is a bit risky as they have to be covered instantly at the first drop of rain) or in a greenhouse. When they’re good & dry they get roasted until they turn the beautiful dark brown & shiny colour you are used to seeing. I honestly had no idea that they didn’t pop out of their little pods this way & suddenly realised this is what people mean by ‘medium roast’ etc which made me feel pretty dumb but you just don’t question where your food comes from when you can just buy everything at Sainsburys (also I never drank coffee before this trip so it wasn’t necessarily at the forefront of my mind). THEN the beans get ground to make coffee - I got to grind a batch myself which we then drank, & it was delicious, clearly down to my finesse at grinding up them beans (lol, not). 

On our way back from the coffee farm tour we saw a sign advertising delicious Colombian food & free games of Tejo (which we had read about & wanted to try) so we dusted down a little dirt road to a sort-of restaurant/sort-of bar/some peoples’ family home & had what felt like a very authentic local experience; we got yummy home-cooked food (very gratefully received as I’d been kinda sick the night before & then slept super badly because of stomach pain & weird nightmares so I hadn’t eaten breakfast), a couple beers & played Tejo with a super sweet 12 year old kid called Felipe. The game is kiiiiinda like Aunt Sally in that involves throwing this heavy disk thing to but instead of knocking a ball off a pole you’re trying to smash these little ceramic triangles. It was super fun even though we utterly sucked at it - Felipe schooled us so hard. He was literally the cutest little dude ever. The family owned a bunch of horses so after lunch he saddled one of them up & took us for little rides up & down the drive. Then we played the most ridiculous game of pool ever because the table was on a really uneven floor so regardless of our pool skills (which are minimal in the first place) all the balls kept rolling into the corner anyway. It was so fun; it felt like just being at someone’s house as opposed to a restaurant, we were the only people there & the family we so so hospitable it was very sweet. 

This evening has been spent watching Colombia qualify for the 2018 world cup, which was actually pretty cool as football is HUGE here & everyone gets really into it. I’m now wrapped in a blanket writing this from our hostel room -  the rest of the gals went out for dinner but I’m still feeling a bit ropey so I decided to bow out this evening. Tomorrow we’re off on an all day trek so I’m hoping to catch up on some of the sleep I missed last night so I’m nice & ready to destroy my body all over again… at least in a good way this time. 

Only a week left in Colombia which I’m really sad about because this has really been my favourite place so far, helped surely by the fact that we’ve had such a long time here to explore it & travel around. Excited to link up with Gabby again though in Ecuador, & then VERY excited that my oldest & bestest bestie Hannah has just booked a flight to come join us in Brazil in December & January. Woot! 

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Olympic Football: Australia qualify for men's football contest at Tokyo Olympic

Australian team qualified for their first Olympic men's football tournament for 12 years with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Uzbekistan in the third-place playoff at the Asian Football Association (AFC) Under-23 Championships in Bangkok.

Olympic admirers from all over the world are called to book Olympic 2020 tickets from our online platforms for Olympic Tickets. Olympic Football admirers can book Olympic Football Tickets from our ticketing marketplace exclusively on reduced prices.

Nicholas D’Agostino scored the winning goal in the 47th minute at Rajamangala Stadium in Thailand’s wealth. D'Agostino's second-period strike helped the Olyroos win 1-0 AFC U23 champion Uzbekistan in the final win match at the Tokyo Olympics with Saudi Arabia and South Korea, who qualified by winning the semi-finals.

It is the first time that Australia has qualified for the Olympic men's football tournament since Beijing 2008. However, the wait continues for Uzbekistan, which has never yet qualified for the Olympic Games. Their misery was made worse when substitute Oybek Bozorov was sent off in the 59th minute for a bad challenge. D’Agostino's goal came when he beat several Uzbek defenders before shooting in the bottom corner.

"I can’t put it into words at the moment, just so happy," supposed the 21-year-old Perth Glory striker. 

That was the goal we had set for ourselves to come here. The fans were incredible, they encouraged us throughout the process. Australia is the 12th team to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. In addition to Saudi Arabia and South Korea, hosts from Japan, France, Germany, Romania, and Spain from Europe, New Zealand from Oceania, Egypt, from Ivory Coast and South Africa from Africa are also already guaranteed to participate in the Olympic Games.

Two teams must qualify for the South American Football Confederation Pre-Olympic tournament which is currently taking place in Colombia. Scheduling is scheduled for completion in March when the two finalists for the North American and Central Caribbean Confederation Olympic Football Qualification Championship in Guadalajara, Mexico, qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

The final of the AFC Under-23 Championships is scheduled to take place tomorrow at Rajamangala Stadium. There will certainly be a new name on the trophy, as neither Saudi Arabia nor South Korea has ever won the tournament. Saudi Arabia finished second in the inaugural tournament in 2013 when it was beaten 1-0 by Iraq. South Korea reached the final in 2016, losing 3-2 to Qatar.

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Clinical Colombia sends sorry Poles packing with 3-0 victory

KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) – Colombia’s World Cup campaign roared back into life with a thumping 3-0 victory over Poland on Sunday which delivered a warning to their rivals and sent the disappointing Poles tumbling out of the tournament.

Soccer Football – World Cup – Group H – Poland vs Colombia – Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia – June 24, 2018 Colombia’s Yerry Mina scores their first goal REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Defender Yerry Mina scored the opener in the 40th minute with captain Radamel Falcao and winger Juan Cuadrado putting the gloss on the Group H win with two goals in five minutes in the last quarter as the desperate Poles chased the game.

Midfielder James Rodriguez, winner of the Golden Boot at the last World Cup, returned to the starting lineup after injury and played a part in two of the goals as Colombia got back on track after their opening loss to Japan.

The victory puts the South Americans in third place in Group H on three points behind Japan and Senegal, who shared a 2-2 draw earlier on Sunday to move to four points apiece.

A Colombia victory over the Africans in their final first-round match in Samara on Thursday would secure a spot in the last 16 and keep them on target to at least match their charge to the quarter-finals in Brazil four years ago.

“We were playing under the pressure of having to win and there could be no mistakes,” said Colombia coach Jose Pekerman.

“As time went by we managed to impose the quality of this type of football that we have. The team played as a unit in all its segments and the football emerged from this unity.”

For Poland, the optimism fostered by their quarter-final spot at Euro 2016 and a strong qualifying campaign proved to be misplaced as prolific striker Robert Lewandowski drew a blank and they slumped to a second successive defeat.

Soccer Football – World Cup – Group H – Poland vs Colombia – Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia – June 24, 2018 Colombia’s Juan Cuadrado scores their third goal REUTERS/Sergio Perez

“Maybe that’s all we could do. Let’s be frank, it’s not like we lost by a whisker,” said Lewandowski.

“I was alone, we fought, I fought, I did everything I could, but fighting is not enough to win World Cup matches, you also have to have quality and we had too little of that.”

SWELTERING EVENING

The match started to a barrage of noise from the yellow-shirted Colombian fans on a sweltering evening at the Kazan Arena and the early exchanges were frenetic with both sides keen to make up for their opening losses.

Poland’s offensive tactics were limited to launching long balls toward Lewandowski and although Colombia were trying to play the ball on the floor, they could not get their passes to stick.

Slideshow (17 Images)

Cuadrado was causing some problems down Poland’s right flank, however, and a piece of mazy dribbling in the 37th minute saw the winger forge the first genuine opening, which goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny blocked behind.

The respite was brief and on the next Colombia attack Juan Quintero found Rodriguez inside the box and he chipped the ball into the danger area for Mina to head into the net from point-blank range.

The Poles came out firing at the start of the second half and Lewandowski finally got a chance to open his World Cup account in the 58th minute but his first touch on the long ball was not his best and goalkeeper David Ospina smothered his shot.

Colombia saw off the danger and doubled the lead after 70 minutes when Quintero’s pass allowed Falcao to beat the last defender before stroking the ball past Szczesny with the outside of his boot.

Poland continued to push forward and five minutes later they were caught on the break when Rodriguez rasped a pass across the field to set Cuadrado free on goal and allow the winger to claim fitting reward for a fine performance with a cool finish.

Lewandowski had a thunderous drive tipped over the bar by Ospina and the keeper put his body on the line again to block a Dawid Kownacki shot from close range but it was too little, too late.

“We lost against a very strong team and this is what we have to accept,” said Poland coach Adam Nawalka. “I am very sorry and very sad that we lost but tomorrow is another day.”

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Clinical Colombia sends sorry Poles packing with 3-0 victory

KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) – Colombia’s World Cup campaign roared back into life with a thumping 3-0 victory over Poland on Sunday which delivered a warning to their rivals and sent the disappointing Poles tumbling out of the tournament.

Soccer Football – World Cup – Group H – Poland vs Colombia – Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia – June 24, 2018 Colombia’s Yerry Mina scores their first goal REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Defender Yerry Mina scored the opener in the 40th minute with captain Radamel Falcao and winger Juan Cuadrado putting the gloss on the Group H win with two goals in five minutes in the last quarter as the desperate Poles chased the game.

Midfielder James Rodriguez, winner of the Golden Boot at the last World Cup, returned to the starting lineup after injury and played a part in two of the goals as Colombia got back on track after their opening loss to Japan.

The victory puts the South Americans in third place in Group H on three points behind Japan and Senegal, who shared a 2-2 draw earlier on Sunday to move to four points apiece.

A Colombia victory over the Africans in their final first-round match in Samara on Thursday would secure a spot in the last 16 and keep them on target to at least match their charge to the quarter-finals in Brazil four years ago.

“We were playing under the pressure of having to win and there could be no mistakes,” said Colombia coach Jose Pekerman.

“As time went by we managed to impose the quality of this type of football that we have. The team played as a unit in all its segments and the football emerged from this unity.”

For Poland, the optimism fostered by their quarter-final spot at Euro 2016 and a strong qualifying campaign proved to be misplaced as prolific striker Robert Lewandowski drew a blank and they slumped to a second successive defeat.

Soccer Football – World Cup – Group H – Poland vs Colombia – Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia – June 24, 2018 Colombia’s Juan Cuadrado scores their third goal REUTERS/Sergio Perez

“Maybe that’s all we could do. Let’s be frank, it’s not like we lost by a whisker,” said Lewandowski.

“I was alone, we fought, I fought, I did everything I could, but fighting is not enough to win World Cup matches, you also have to have quality and we had too little of that.”

SWELTERING EVENING

The match started to a barrage of noise from the yellow-shirted Colombian fans on a sweltering evening at the Kazan Arena and the early exchanges were frenetic with both sides keen to make up for their opening losses.

Poland’s offensive tactics were limited to launching long balls toward Lewandowski and although Colombia were trying to play the ball on the floor, they could not get their passes to stick.

Slideshow (17 Images)

Cuadrado was causing some problems down Poland’s right flank, however, and a piece of mazy dribbling in the 37th minute saw the winger forge the first genuine opening, which goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny blocked behind.

The respite was brief and on the next Colombia attack Juan Quintero found Rodriguez inside the box and he chipped the ball into the danger area for Mina to head into the net from point-blank range.

The Poles came out firing at the start of the second half and Lewandowski finally got a chance to open his World Cup account in the 58th minute but his first touch on the long ball was not his best and goalkeeper David Ospina smothered his shot.

Colombia saw off the danger and doubled the lead after 70 minutes when Quintero’s pass allowed Falcao to beat the last defender before stroking the ball past Szczesny with the outside of his boot.

Poland continued to push forward and five minutes later they were caught on the break when Rodriguez rasped a pass across the field to set Cuadrado free on goal and allow the winger to claim fitting reward for a fine performance with a cool finish.

Lewandowski had a thunderous drive tipped over the bar by Ospina and the keeper put his body on the line again to block a Dawid Kownacki shot from close range but it was too little, too late.

“We lost against a very strong team and this is what we have to accept,” said Poland coach Adam Nawalka. “I am very sorry and very sad that we lost but tomorrow is another day.”

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Clinical Colombia sends sorry Poles packing with 3-0 victory

KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) – Colombia’s World Cup campaign roared back into life with a thumping 3-0 victory over Poland on Sunday which delivered a warning to their rivals and sent the disappointing Poles tumbling out of the tournament.

Soccer Football – World Cup – Group H – Poland vs Colombia – Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia – June 24, 2018 Colombia’s Yerry Mina scores their first goal REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Defender Yerry Mina scored the opener in the 40th minute with captain Radamel Falcao and winger Juan Cuadrado putting the gloss on the Group H win with two goals in five minutes in the last quarter as the desperate Poles chased the game.

Midfielder James Rodriguez, winner of the Golden Boot at the last World Cup, returned to the starting lineup after injury and played a part in two of the goals as Colombia got back on track after their opening loss to Japan.

The victory puts the South Americans in third place in Group H on three points behind Japan and Senegal, who shared a 2-2 draw earlier on Sunday to move to four points apiece.

A Colombia victory over the Africans in their final first-round match in Samara on Thursday would secure a spot in the last 16 and keep them on target to at least match their charge to the quarter-finals in Brazil four years ago.

“We were playing under the pressure of having to win and there could be no mistakes,” said Colombia coach Jose Pekerman.

“As time went by we managed to impose the quality of this type of football that we have. The team played as a unit in all its segments and the football emerged from this unity.”

For Poland, the optimism fostered by their quarter-final spot at Euro 2016 and a strong qualifying campaign proved to be misplaced as prolific striker Robert Lewandowski drew a blank and they slumped to a second successive defeat.

Soccer Football – World Cup – Group H – Poland vs Colombia – Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia – June 24, 2018 Colombia’s Juan Cuadrado scores their third goal REUTERS/Sergio Perez

“Maybe that’s all we could do. Let’s be frank, it’s not like we lost by a whisker,” said Lewandowski.

“I was alone, we fought, I fought, I did everything I could, but fighting is not enough to win World Cup matches, you also have to have quality and we had too little of that.”

SWELTERING EVENING

The match started to a barrage of noise from the yellow-shirted Colombian fans on a sweltering evening at the Kazan Arena and the early exchanges were frenetic with both sides keen to make up for their opening losses.

Poland’s offensive tactics were limited to launching long balls toward Lewandowski and although Colombia were trying to play the ball on the floor, they could not get their passes to stick.

Slideshow (17 Images)

Cuadrado was causing some problems down Poland’s right flank, however, and a piece of mazy dribbling in the 37th minute saw the winger forge the first genuine opening, which goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny blocked behind.

The respite was brief and on the next Colombia attack Juan Quintero found Rodriguez inside the box and he chipped the ball into the danger area for Mina to head into the net from point-blank range.

The Poles came out firing at the start of the second half and Lewandowski finally got a chance to open his World Cup account in the 58th minute but his first touch on the long ball was not his best and goalkeeper David Ospina smothered his shot.

Colombia saw off the danger and doubled the lead after 70 minutes when Quintero’s pass allowed Falcao to beat the last defender before stroking the ball past Szczesny with the outside of his boot.

Poland continued to push forward and five minutes later they were caught on the break when Rodriguez rasped a pass across the field to set Cuadrado free on goal and allow the winger to claim fitting reward for a fine performance with a cool finish.

Lewandowski had a thunderous drive tipped over the bar by Ospina and the keeper put his body on the line again to block a Dawid Kownacki shot from close range but it was too little, too late.

“We lost against a very strong team and this is what we have to accept,” said Poland coach Adam Nawalka. “I am very sorry and very sad that we lost but tomorrow is another day.”

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Clinical Colombia sends sorry Poles packing with 3-0 victory

KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) – Colombia’s World Cup campaign roared back into life with a thumping 3-0 victory over Poland on Sunday which delivered a warning to their rivals and sent the disappointing Poles tumbling out of the tournament.

Soccer Football – World Cup – Group H – Poland vs Colombia – Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia – June 24, 2018 Colombia’s Yerry Mina scores their first goal REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Defender Yerry Mina scored the opener in the 40th minute with captain Radamel Falcao and winger Juan Cuadrado putting the gloss on the Group H win with two goals in five minutes in the last quarter as the desperate Poles chased the game.

Midfielder James Rodriguez, winner of the Golden Boot at the last World Cup, returned to the starting lineup after injury and played a part in two of the goals as Colombia got back on track after their opening loss to Japan.

The victory puts the South Americans in third place in Group H on three points behind Japan and Senegal, who shared a 2-2 draw earlier on Sunday to move to four points apiece.

A Colombia victory over the Africans in their final first-round match in Samara on Thursday would secure a spot in the last 16 and keep them on target to at least match their charge to the quarter-finals in Brazil four years ago.

“We were playing under the pressure of having to win and there could be no mistakes,” said Colombia coach Jose Pekerman.

“As time went by we managed to impose the quality of this type of football that we have. The team played as a unit in all its segments and the football emerged from this unity.”

For Poland, the optimism fostered by their quarter-final spot at Euro 2016 and a strong qualifying campaign proved to be misplaced as prolific striker Robert Lewandowski drew a blank and they slumped to a second successive defeat.

Soccer Football – World Cup – Group H – Poland vs Colombia – Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia – June 24, 2018 Colombia’s Juan Cuadrado scores their third goal REUTERS/Sergio Perez

“Maybe that’s all we could do. Let’s be frank, it’s not like we lost by a whisker,” said Lewandowski.

“I was alone, we fought, I fought, I did everything I could, but fighting is not enough to win World Cup matches, you also have to have quality and we had too little of that.”

SWELTERING EVENING

The match started to a barrage of noise from the yellow-shirted Colombian fans on a sweltering evening at the Kazan Arena and the early exchanges were frenetic with both sides keen to make up for their opening losses.

Poland’s offensive tactics were limited to launching long balls toward Lewandowski and although Colombia were trying to play the ball on the floor, they could not get their passes to stick.

Slideshow (17 Images)

Cuadrado was causing some problems down Poland’s right flank, however, and a piece of mazy dribbling in the 37th minute saw the winger forge the first genuine opening, which goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny blocked behind.

The respite was brief and on the next Colombia attack Juan Quintero found Rodriguez inside the box and he chipped the ball into the danger area for Mina to head into the net from point-blank range.

The Poles came out firing at the start of the second half and Lewandowski finally got a chance to open his World Cup account in the 58th minute but his first touch on the long ball was not his best and goalkeeper David Ospina smothered his shot.

Colombia saw off the danger and doubled the lead after 70 minutes when Quintero’s pass allowed Falcao to beat the last defender before stroking the ball past Szczesny with the outside of his boot.

Poland continued to push forward and five minutes later they were caught on the break when Rodriguez rasped a pass across the field to set Cuadrado free on goal and allow the winger to claim fitting reward for a fine performance with a cool finish.

Lewandowski had a thunderous drive tipped over the bar by Ospina and the keeper put his body on the line again to block a Dawid Kownacki shot from close range but it was too little, too late.

“We lost against a very strong team and this is what we have to accept,” said Poland coach Adam Nawalka. “I am very sorry and very sad that we lost but tomorrow is another day.”

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Marcelo Bielsa: Leeds United

Marcelo Bielsa: Leeds United

Marcelo Bielsa: Leeds United

Marcelo Bielsa looks on from the sidelines as Argentina take on Sweden in the 2002 World Cup

I well recall my first face-to-face experience with new Leeds United coach Marcelo Bielsa.

It was the 1999 Copa America and he was in charge of Argentina. His team had just been beaten 3-0 by Colombia, his centre forward Martin Palermo had missed three penalties and Bielsa had been sent off.

In the press conference he sat staring into space, refusing to make eye contact with anyone – his usual stance. He was asked what he had made of the referee’s performance.

If the question was predictable, the answer was anything but.

“One doesn’t usually have the habit of commenting on referees, but…” he said, leaving everyone to believe he would continue with a rant about a joker running amok with a whistle. Instead he proceeded with, “but in respect of my expulsion, the referee was absolutely correct because I protested in an ill mannered form.”

It was a wonderful welcome to the gloriously eccentric world of Marcelo Bielsa, a complete one off who has spent his career dancing to his own drum.

From a family of illustrious lawyers in the city of Rosario, Bielsa instead followed his love for football and, when he realised he would not be a world class centre back, he switched his ambitions to coaching.

So revered is Bielsa at his local club, Newell’s Old Boys, that the stadium is named after him. He is also revered in Chile. He was no longer in charge when the Chilean national team finally got their hands on some silverware, winning the Copa America in 2015 and 2016. But he had built the team, enthused the players with his spirit and then resigned and handed them over to his successors.

A Chile fan shows his appreciation to national coach Bielsa during a Copa America semi-final against Peru

When he took the Argentina job, at the end of his first training session Bielsa handed the players a pencil and a little slip of paper. He wanted them to write down whether they wanted to line up with a back three or a four. He went through all the replies.

“Back four, back four, back four… This clearly shows your preference for a line of four. But I’m telling you that from now on we’re going to be playing with a back three. See you tomorrow,” he said as he turned and walked off. And he won them over, bringing them round to his way of thinking.

Very few of his former players ever speak badly about him. If they show him they are prepared to run, then he showers them with support – and he usually lets the players elect their own captain on the grounds that he should be a representative of the dressing room rather than the coaching staff.

This is typical Bielsa. His esteem and importance, which has earned him admiration and glowing praise from Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino, comes far more from the influence he has exerted than for the trophies he has won.

That influence comes from the determination to do things his way.

Bielsa is the high priest of the high press. One of his principal concepts is that in a team that wants to attack – and his teams always want to attack – the conventional full-back is a waste of a player.

He wants his width higher up the field. He wants both full-backs pushing up, linking with the wingers to create two-against-one situations down the flanks and squeezing the opposition back, smothering them in their own half.

It is a style of play that comes with risks – there is plenty of space behind the defensive line in which the opposition can launch their counter attacks. And it is a style that demands constant movement, relentless physical effort.

When it works it is exhilarating, the team launching wave after wave of attacks, leaving the opponent reeling on the ropes.

One of his most impressive sides was the Argentina team who qualified in fine style for the 2002 World Cup. Come the competition, though, they bombed out in the group phase. At the end of the European season the players were simply not fresh enough to carry out the gameplan.

Marcelo Bielsa screams at his players from the sidelines during Argentina’s 1-1 draw with Sweden at the 2002 World Cup

This has to be a concern with Leeds. In his spells with Athletic Bilbao and Marseille it was noticeable that the team fell away towards the end of the campaign, drained by the tiring requirements of doing things the Bielsa way.

Had the season lasted six months, then the teams might have won some silverware. Nine months was asking too much. Over the gruelling course of a campaign in the Championship, this may be a problem.

It is also possible that the appointment has come too late. Bielsa is now approaching 63, and his last job – a spell in charge of Lille – was not a success.

What Bielsa proposed once came across as revolutionary. It may be the case that football has now largely incorporated his concepts of intense pressing, and that Bielsa no longer has novelty value.

But he will surely be energised by the atmosphere in English stadiums. While he was in charge of Argentina he had no place for the foot-on-the-ball elegance of playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme.

He went along to a testimonial match as the stadium of Boca Juniors, where Riquelme was an idol. Bielsa was jeered by a packed crowd – and he loved it. “It is the essence of football,” he said of the fans’ response.

He will now experience another type of essence in the Championship, and will doubtless be fascinated by the way that English crowds live and breathe football.

His appointment is excellent news for Leeds.

Providing he is given what he wants and terms of the contract are respected, Bielsa will launch himself into the project with a maniacal frenzy, barely sleeping as he ploughs through videos of future opponents.

Leeds players and fans now have a dream to be part of, and the Championship can boast the presence of one the most fascinating coaches in the global game.

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Hosts Canada is the highest-ranked in the tournament which involves 12 teams and offers two tickets to the Olympic Games. Canada took the bronze medal at the 2018 WBSC Women's World Championship in Japan, having also finished third in 2016.

Softball Canada President Kevin Quinn said. "We are really excited about the chance to host this Olympic Qualifier; we thank the WBSC for the opportunity. Our host organizing committee led by Greg Timm is an experienced group that focuses on both the player and fan experience."

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The USA's Failure To Qualify for the World Cup Was a Long Time Coming

Going into their final World Cup Qualifying Match last night, the U.S. Men's National Team had a predicted 97 percent chance of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. A soggy, long-grassed pitch, an own goal, and a magnificent screamer from Trinidad and Tobago later, they somehow beat the odds and embarrassed themselves spectacularly. They didn't qualify for the World Cup.

Outside of the U.S.'s in-match control, the standing algebra of the CONCACAF's Hex made it such that both Panama and Honduras had to beat out Costa Rica and Mexico—far better teams—in order for the U.S. to miss out on Russia. Both of those things happened.

Yet the USMNT can no longer use luck as an excuse. They deserved this knockout, and it's been a long time coming.

The team has always lived and died by defeating the odds. Their run of magic began in 1989 against the same Trinidad and Tobago, with a wonder strike by Paul Caligiri that qualified them for the next year's World Cup. It continued in 1994, when players were pulled from their club teams to train specifically for their home World Cup, only to advance to the knockout rounds after stunning the likes of Colombia and Switzerland. The U.S. has shocked Germany and the Netherlands before—Italy and Spain too. Sometimes in friendlies, but also sometimes in tournaments. And the team has come to expect this kind of magic. It is a part of America's soccer fabric. This funny foreign game where one lucky score can change the whole outcome—well, why not us?

But the realities of the game have closed in on the U.S. Men's National Team, and luck has ceased to work as a game plan. The losses inherent to missing a World Cup altogether are immeasurable. There's the financial loss. The US Soccer Foundation will miss out on the $12.5 million FIFA awards to World Cup teams, which would have gone towards development. Then there's the lost player endorsements, the loss of exposure of U.S. talent to international player pools, the loss of contract intrigue from more competitive foreign leagues. Then there's the fact that little Johnny Soccer Fan isn't going to find a soccer hero from his country. The words "Christian Pulisic" won't be on as many tongues next summer.

If you just watched the Trinidad and Tobago match to see whether or not the historic moment would pass, it's easy to trace your finger along the line of last night's circumstances and say that the Americans were shit out of luck. But for anyone who has been tracking the qualification process—the devastating losses to Costa Rica and Mexico, the ho-hum ties, and the occasional burst of promise against Honduras—and for anyone building a macro picture—the gaping holes in their back line, the inconsistency of Michael Bradley, the poorly-timed phase-out of veterans—it's clear that the U.S. simply hasn't earned their place among the top 32 teams in the World. Not to mention the top four in CONCACAF.

If you want something more than worn rhetoric based on great-vs-good-vs-bad sports platitudes to help you understand where we are as a soccer nation—and a little bit of hope—look to the U-17 team. While the senior team finished second from the bottom in qualifying last night, the U-17s are currently are at the top of their group in the U-17 World Cup, set to play Colombia tomorrow. The back line looks fairly organized, and there are some emerging young talents getting looks from major clubs across the world.

But those players stand as a testament less to our disorganized youth system—which will surely be gutted and restructured, along with perhaps all of US Soccer's top brass—and more to the fact that young people have more access to global sports, and that they're paying attention to the most competitive one in the world. If there's any luck left for this U.S. Soccer program, it's certainly that trend—and they would do well to capitalize on that. But as we learned last night, luck alone won't be enough to save U.S. soccer.

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The USA’s Failure To Qualify for the World Cup Was a Long Time Coming

Going into their final World Cup Qualifying Match last night, the U.S. Men’s National Team had a predicted 97 percent chance of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. A soggy, long-grassed pitch, an own goal, and a magnificent screamer from Trinidad and Tobago later, they somehow beat the odds and embarrassed themselves spectacularly. They didn’t qualify for the World Cup.

Outside of the U.S.’s in-match control, the standing algebra of the CONCACAF’s Hex made it such that both Panama and Honduras had to beat out Costa Rica and Mexico—far better teams—in order for the U.S. to miss out on Russia. Both of those things happened.

Yet the USMNT can no longer use luck as an excuse. They deserved this knockout, and it’s been a long time coming.

The team has always lived and died by defeating the odds. Their run of magic began in 1989 against the same Trinidad and Tobago, with a wonder strike by Paul Caligiri that qualified them for the next year’s World Cup. It continued in 1994, when players were pulled from their club teams to train specifically for their home World Cup, only to advance to the knockout rounds after stunning the likes of Colombia and Switzerland. The U.S. has shocked Germany and the Netherlands before—Italy and Spain too. Sometimes in friendlies, but also sometimes in tournaments. And the team has come to expect this kind of magic. It is a part of America’s soccer fabric. This funny foreign game where one lucky score can change the whole outcome—well, why not us?

But the realities of the game have closed in on the U.S. Men’s National Team, and luck has ceased to work as a game plan. The losses inherent to missing a World Cup altogether are immeasurable. There’s the financial loss. The US Soccer Foundation will miss out on the $12.5 million FIFA awards to World Cup teams, which would have gone towards development. Then there’s the lost player endorsements, the loss of exposure of U.S. talent to international player pools, the loss of contract intrigue from more competitive foreign leagues. Then there’s the fact that little Johnny Soccer Fan isn’t going to find a soccer hero from his country. The words “Christian Pulisic” won’t be on as many tongues next summer.

If you just watched the Trinidad and Tobago match to see whether or not the historic moment would pass, it’s easy to trace your finger along the line of last night’s circumstances and say that the Americans were shit out of luck. But for anyone who has been tracking the qualification process—the devastating losses to Costa Rica and Mexico, the ho-hum ties, and the occasional burst of promise against Honduras—and for anyone building a macro picture—the gaping holes in their back line, the inconsistency of Michael Bradley, the poorly-timed phase-out of veterans—it’s clear that the U.S. simply hasn’t earned their place among the top 32 teams in the World. Not to mention the top four in CONCACAF.

If you want something more than worn rhetoric based on great-vs-good-vs-bad sports platitudes to help you understand where we are as a soccer nation—and a little bit of hope—look to the U-17 team. While the senior team finished second from the bottom in qualifying last night, the U-17s are currently are at the top of their group in the U-17 World Cup, set to play Colombia tomorrow. The back line looks fairly organized, and there are some emerging young talents getting looks from major clubs across the world.

But those players stand as a testament less to our disorganized youth system—which will surely be gutted and restructured, along with perhaps all of US Soccer’s top brass—and more to the fact that young people have more access to global sports, and that they’re paying attention to the most competitive one in the world. If there’s any luck left for this U.S. Soccer program, it’s certainly that trend. But as we learned last night, luck alone won’t be enough to save U.S. soccer.

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The USA's Failure To Qualify for the World Cup Was a Long Time Coming

Going into their final World Cup Qualifying Match last night, the U.S. Men's National Team had a predicted 97 percent chance of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. A soggy, long-grassed pitch, an own goal, and a magnificent screamer from Trinidad and Tobago later, they somehow beat the odds and embarrassed themselves spectacularly. They didn't qualify for the World Cup.

Outside of the U.S.'s in-match control, the standing algebra of the CONCACAF's Hex made it such that both Panama and Honduras had to beat out Costa Rica and Mexico—far better teams—in order for the U.S. to miss out on Russia. Both of those things happened.

Yet the USMNT can no longer use luck as an excuse. They deserved this knockout, and it's been a long time coming.

The team has always lived and died by defeating the odds. Their run of magic began in 1989 against the same Trinidad and Tobago, with a wonder strike by Paul Caligiri that qualified them for the next year's World Cup. It continued in 1994, when players were pulled from their club teams to train specifically for their home World Cup, only to advance to the knockout rounds after stunning the likes of Colombia and Switzerland. The U.S. has shocked Germany and the Netherlands before—Italy and Spain too. Sometimes in friendlies, but also sometimes in tournaments. And the team has come to expect this kind of magic. It is a part of America's soccer fabric. This funny foreign game where one lucky score can change the whole outcome—well, why not us?

But the realities of the game have closed in on the U.S. Men's National Team, and luck has ceased to work as a game plan. The losses inherent to missing a World Cup altogether are immeasurable. There's the financial loss. The US Soccer Foundation will miss out on the $12.5 million FIFA awards to World Cup teams, which would have gone towards development. Then there's the lost player endorsements, the loss of exposure of U.S. talent to international player pools, the loss of contract intrigue from more competitive foreign leagues. Then there's the fact that little Johnny Soccer Fan isn't going to find a soccer hero from his country. The words "Christian Pulisic" won't be on as many tongues next summer.

If you just watched the Trinidad and Tobago match to see whether or not the historic moment would pass, it's easy to trace your finger along the line of last night's circumstances and say that the Americans were shit out of luck. But for anyone who has been tracking the qualification process—the devastating losses to Costa Rica and Mexico, the ho-hum ties, and the occasional burst of promise against Honduras—and for anyone building a macro picture—the gaping holes in their back line, the inconsistency of Michael Bradley, the poorly-timed phase-out of veterans—it's clear that the U.S. simply hasn't earned their place among the top 32 teams in the World. Not to mention the top four in CONCACAF.

If you want something more than worn rhetoric based on great-vs-good-vs-bad sports platitudes to help you understand where we are as a soccer nation—and a little bit of hope—look to the U-17 team. While the senior team finished second from the bottom in qualifying last night, the U-17s are currently are at the top of their group in the U-17 World Cup, set to play Colombia tomorrow. The back line looks fairly organized, and there are some emerging young talents getting looks from major clubs across the world.

But those players stand as a testament less to our disorganized youth system—which will surely be gutted and restructured, along with perhaps all of US Soccer's top brass—and more to the fact that young people have more access to global sports, and that they're paying attention to the most competitive one in the world. If there's any luck left for this U.S. Soccer program, it's certainly that trend. But as we learned last night, luck alone won't be enough to save U.S. soccer.

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