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PLAYERS LOOKING TO PERFORM WELL AT THE EUROS

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With the FIFA World Cup tournament drawing nearer, there are a lot of reasons for football players to put it at the back of their mind that they need to impress the head coaches of their country’s national teams. They are well aware of the fact that they would need to be at their best level in order to earn their spot with their teams in the competition next year. With the Euros currently ongoing and featuring some of the best players across the European continent, there is a platform for a couple of those stars to impress their coaches so they can have a great chance of being a part of the team next year.

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The Copa America is also currently ongoing and it features some of the best talents in the world from the southern part of America. These players who are currently on a journey to help their country to win the competition also have it in their minds that that putting in a very strong and convincing performance in the competition will be the very first step to earning a call-up to their country’s FIFA World Cup squad in 2022.
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UNBEATEN PARAGUAY FACE BRAZIL TEST

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There are three unbeaten teams in the South American section of the World Cup 2022 qualifiers at the end of the fifth round of games. The unbeaten teams are Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. While it’s not surprising that both Argentina and Brazil are unbeaten after the first five set of games, the same can’t be said of Paraguay.

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Paraguay are surprisingly without defeat in the first five games in the South American region of the World Cup 2022 qualifiers though four of those games ended in a stalemate. Their unbeaten run has propelled them into one of the four automatic qualification slots ahead of the World Cup 2022 tournament in the Asian country of Qatar at the end of next year. They will face their biggest test yet in the qualifiers when they welcome Brazil to Asuncion on Tuesday.
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QATAR 2022 SHOULD BE MESSI’S LAST WORLD CUP

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As each year goes by, we continue to get reminded that the time for football legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to hang their boots is drawing nearer. The two superstars have been the very heartbeat of football over the last decades and have shown a lot of times over and over that they are Teo of the best players in their generation, and possibly, in the history of the game itself.

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Just last week, Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo revealed that the 2022 FIFA World Cup which will be played in Qatar will be the last of the tournament he will be participating in. The Portuguese forward said he may continue his football career after then but assured that he will not be playing in another World Cup tournament after that.
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NEVILLE SAYS ARNOLD SHOULD IMPROVE DEFENSIVELY

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Manchester United legend Gary Neville has warned Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold that he stands a huge risk of losing his starting spot in the England national team if he fails to improve on his defensive abilities. The right-back is known to be a huge threat going forward but has been called out several times in his career for his lack of focus in defending.

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The England international defender has formed a deadly defensive partnership with Andy Robertson who occupies the left-back position at Liverpool and they have both established themselves as two of the most attacking defenders in Europe in recent times. But while Neville believes that Arnold is a great attack-minded player, he should improve on his primary duty which is to defend.
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U. S SOCCER RELEASES DATES FOR THE USMNT QUALIFYING GAMES

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Ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup coming up next year, the United States Soccer has released a full list of the fixtures and dates on which the United States Men’s National Team will be playing their qualifying games as they gear up preparations for the prestigious football tournament next year.

The dates were discussed at a meeting which was held by the involved board of directors who all deliberated and joined heads together to conclude on the dates that would be ideal enough for the games to be played. The general manager of the board, Brian McBride was responsible for releasing the fixtures calendar for both 2021 and 2022 and they both contain the entirety of the sporting events that the country will be participating in this year and the next.
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