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5.02 million watch Brazil’s peat festival
England is sealing itself off
Keane criticizes victorious Brazilians
Croatians celebrate Bundesliga star
Brazil uses all 26 players
Cacau wants Sammer at the DFB
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+++ 10:53 a.m .: FIFA rejects France’s appeal +++
As expected, the world football association FIFA has rejected the appeal by the French football association FFF against the rating of the last group game against Tunisia. The world champion had lost the game 0:1 (0:0).
Referee Matthew Conger had withdrawn the supposed equalization by Antoine Griezmann in added time (90 + 8) after VAR intervention. This had caused considerable confusion as Conger had already called off the Group D game after the goal and a brief continuation.
The referee then watched the scene again on screen and then disallowed Griezman’s goal for offside. This was not in accordance with the rules, the goal was “wrongly disallowed,” the FFF said as a reason.
+++ 9:41 a.m .: 5.02 million watch Brazil’s goal festival +++
5.02 million viewers watched the Brazilian goal festival in the 4-1 win of the record-breaking world champions against South Korea in the round of 16 in the live broadcast on ZDF on Monday evening. The market share was 18.0 percent.
The thriller in the penalty shoot-out between Croatia and Japan was watched by 4.06 million fans (MA: 25.8 percent) in the afternoon from 4 p.m. Both round of 16 games were also broadcast live on the MagentaTV streaming service. All 64 World Cup matches can be seen live there.
+++ 8:25 a.m .: England seals itself off +++
England’s national football team has taken a day off from the media ahead of the quarter-finals against world champions France.
This Tuesday there is neither the usual press round nor a public training session in the camp in Al-Wakra in the south of Doha. The national association FA informed about this. The Three Lions meet the defending champions in the top European game on Saturday (8:00 p.m.) in Al-Khour. Head coach Gareth Southgate’s team won the first knockout game 3-0 against Senegal.
Media rounds with one player each are planned for Wednesday and Thursday, and training should also be open for 15 minutes on Wednesday. Coach Southgate and a player speak at the international press center ahead of the clash with France on Friday.
Harry Kane and Co. used Monday for regeneration. The professionals splashed around on their own facility in the pool, as photos of the team on Twitter showed. The substitutes for Jack Grealish and Mason Mount appeared regularly for training on Monday.
+++ 7:50 a.m .: Keane criticizes victorious Brazilians +++
Eventually, Roy Keane had enough. “I’ve never seen so much dancing,” said the 51-year-old on the TV station “ITV” with a view to Brazil’s 4-1 gala in the World Cup round of 16 against South Korea.
And that’s what the former Champions League winner said at half-time. Because by then the Seleção had already scored all four of their goals and celebrated each of them with joyful dances in front of the fans in Doha. “I don’t like it. They say it’s their culture. But I think it’s really disrespectful to the opponent,” said the ex-Manchester United pro. “They score four goals and they do it every time.”
The Brazilians’ response was not long in coming. “The problem is with the one who doesn’t like it. We’ll keep dancing,” announced winger Raphinha after the game.
+++ 07:26: Dias wants to stick together despite the Ronaldo debate +++
Portugal’s national soccer player Rúben Dias called for more support for the national team at home in the debate about captain Cristiano Ronaldo.
“The national team should be supported, Ronaldo and all other players,” said the 25-year-old central defender when asked why criticism of Ronaldo is often taken as disrespect.
“There’s no point in creating a division. We should stick together,” he demanded before the World Cup round of 16 against Switzerland on Tuesday (8 p.m. / ARD and MagentaTV) in the Lusail Stadium.
The debate about superstar Ronaldo and his future after the separation from Manchester United shortly after the start of the World Cup has been occupying Portugal’s national team throughout the tournament.
+++ 07:22: Neymar admits “doubts and fears” after comeback +++
After his successful comeback at the World Cup in Qatar, Brazil’s superstar Neymar addressed his fans and supporters with emotional words.
“I can only say thank you to everyone for their support. It wasn’t easy for me because a lot was happening in my head, doubts, fears,” said the 30-year-old late Monday evening after the 4-1 round of 16 against South Korea on his recovered foot injury. This he had contracted in the Seleção’s opening game against Serbia.
“I had the support of all my friends, my family. It was good news that came from all over the world, positive energy, it did me a lot of good,” said the Paris Saint-Germain attacker in Doha.
+++ 7:15 a.m .: Croatians celebrate Bundesliga star
RB Leipzig will be happy: Hardly a World Cup day goes by without exuberant praise for Josko Gvardiol. The only 20-year-old Croatian central defender currently has a market value of around 60 million euros, and the trend is rising.
“The sky is his limit,” said midfielder Nikola Vasic after Croatia’s happy 3-1 penalty shoot-out against Japan in the World Cup round of 16 in Al-Wakra. Before that, national coach Zlatko Dalic had exaggeratedly named the young Leipzig defender the “best defender” in the exuberance of qualifying for the round of 16. Dalic then put it into perspective: “If he’s not number 1 yet, then he will be.”
This may be. Until then, however, Gvardiol will first have to compete with the really best strikers in the world. With the exception of Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku, at the World Cup with Croatia he has at best only met international B-goods. And in just one half against Lukaku, he and his neighbors gave the Belgian top striker a number of great chances.
The fact that it was 0-0 at the end of the last preliminary round and that vice world champions Croatia even reached the round of 16 was mainly due to the inefficiency of the long injured Lukaku that evening. In the quarter-finals against Brazil with superstar Neymar on Friday (4 p.m.), Gavrdiol will be able to prove for the first time whether he can really confirm the hymns of praise from his compatriots at the very highest level.
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