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Women’s World Cup: Jamaican Reggae Girlz in Fresh Jamz – oust Brazil.
The Reggae Girls of Jamaica made an embarrassing goalless draw with the mighty Samba ladies of Brazil at the Melbourne Regional Stadium on Wednesday in a group F match.
The Brazilians never expected such a marvelous performance from the new comers to the world cup party who they had beaten 3-0 on 9th June 2019 at the last world cup in France. Brazil failed to reach the knockout stages for the third time in 9 appearances previous years being 1991 and 1995 but qualified for those stages in six consecutive times.
This is the 7th goalless draws in this tournament alone; there were eight goalless draws in the competition history prior to this edition.
Jamaica is the third CONCACAF side to qualify for the Knockout stages after USA and Canada.
In the first round matches, France played goalless with Jamaica and Brazil thrashed Panama 4-0. In the second round, France beat Brazil 2-1 and Panama lost by a lone goal to Jamaica.Reggae Girls
At the end of proceedings, France topped group F with 7 points from 2 wins and a draw, scoring 8 goals and conceding 4; Jamaica placed second with 5 points from a win and 2 draws scoring just a goal and conceding nothing; Brazil got 4 points winning a match, losing one and drawing one scoring 5 goals and conceding 2 while Panama who were congratulated by their opponents especially France had no point scored 3 goals and conceded 11 goals.
Thus France moves to the Round of 16 to play runners-up in group H at 12 noon on Tuesday at Hindmarsh Stadium while Jamaica will meet winners of group H same Tuesday but at 0900 hours at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.
The last group games meant for Group H will be decided at 1100 hours tomorrow Thursday. African representative, Morocco will trade tackles with Columbia at the Perth Rectangular Stadium with Ref Maria Caputi of Italy in charge.
At the same time, South Korea that is yet to score a goal or score a point will engage the German Machine at the Lang Park Stadium also called Suncorp Stadium with New Zealand Ref Anne-Marie Keighley.
By Eniola Olatunji
Real Madrid boss José Mourinho has weighed in on Cristiano Ronaldo’s dramatic retirement from international football.
The 41-year-old Al Nassr striker shocked the footballing world on Thursday by announcing his permanent withdrawal from the Portugal national team, drawing the curtain on a legendary 23-year international career.
Addressing the media fallout during his Friday press conference ahead of Real Madrid’s upcoming LALIGA fixture against Valencia, Mourinho offered a supportive perspective on the situation.
Mourinho, who previously managed Ronaldo at the Santiago Bernabéu, insisted that the veteran’s controversial exit should not overshadow his monumental contributions to the country.
“His decision must be respected, and I do respect it,” Mourinho daid
However, the Portuguese tactician also expressed visible regret over the sour circumstances surrounding the departure of his nation’s greatest-ever player.
“The only thing I wish for is that the moment of his retirement as a player will be different from his farewell yesterday,” the Real Madrid boss added.
While Ronaldo’s international days are officially over, Mourinho was incredibly quick to remind reporters that the forward remains a devastating force in domestic football.
“He hasn’t ended his career; those who know him are aware that he still has goals,” Mourinho stated emphatically.
Kelechi Iheanacho was on target as Bursaspor played out a 1-1 draw against Antalyaspor in their TFF 1. Lig encounter on Friday night.
The Nigeria international had previously scored in 12 consecutive league matches for Bursaspor before his remarkable scoring run came to an end against Bandırmaspor last weekend
Iheanacho restored his scoring touch by opening the scoring against Antalyaspor in the 26th minute.
However, an own goal from Tural Bayramov brought the visitors level before the half-time break.
The striker has now recorded an impressive 17 goals and four assists in 14 league appearances for Bursaspor this season.
Despite dropping points, Bursaspor remain top of the league standings with 37 points
England manager Thomas Tuchel has left Cole Palmer and Phil Foden out of his latest squad for the final Nations League matches against Croatia and Spain.
However, Jobe Bellingham and Fulham midfielder Josh King have received their first senior call-ups.
Tuchel said Palmer had missed too many opportunities to represent England, despite scoring five goals and providing three assists for Chelsea this season.
Jobe Bellingham joins his elder brother, Jude, in the squad after impressing at Borussia Dortmund.
King also earns his first call-up following a strong start to the season, with two goals and one assist in the Premier League.
Defender Ben White returns to the squad for the first time since March, while Declan Rice is also back after missing the previous camp through injury.
Djed Spence has also returned after recovering from injury.
England will host Croatia at Wembley on November 12 before travelling to Madrid to face Spain three days later.
Tuchel’s side are second in Group A4, three points behind leaders Spain. The top two teams will qualify for the Nations League quarter-finals.
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