Eh? Of course it is. The whole point of a challenge is to win the ball, and you have to win the ball before you take the man. Former refs have said this many times on channels like BT Sport.
Don't confuse the Iranian leadership with the Iranian people. The younger generation in particular want change.
And the current leadership can trace its routes to UK/US intervention.
I bet you're thrilled at the news that linesmen have been instructed to keep their flag down if offsides are tight so that VAR can decide. Whilst I have declared my support for VAR, I can't support that as it could lead to situations like a goalkeeper saving an offside shot, it goes out for a...
Concacaf will be getting more than one more:
Africa - 9 (up from 5)
Asia - 8 (up from 4 or 5)
Europe - 16 (up from 13)
North, Central America and Caribbean - 6 (up from 3 or 4)
Oceania - 1 (from 0 or 1)
South America - 6 (up from 4 or 5)
+2 more from some sort of play-off system.
With Asia...
I heard many ridiculous arguments from Brexiters, but I also heard many equally ridiculous arguments from remainers such as "we need the EU army for protection/security" - (what EU army? are you talking about NATO?) ... they didn't realise there was no EU army until I corrected them. The debate...
Australia, who are better than NZ, and left the Oceania Confederation because the quality was too poor, finished below Saudi Arabia in their Asian qualifying group.
When the World Cup gets expanded, Oceania will automatically get one place.
First, I don't think it was as bad as you're making it sound. Couple of quality goals at the end there.
Second, yes it instantly becomes more enjoyable because it's the World Cup. You can see how much it means to each team, the effort and intensity they put in, when they might not have the...
I was only talking about whether those from the USA love Mexican or English football more. Football is clearly pretty popular in the USA, although you have to take into account their larger population.