World Cup 2026: Netherlands and Germany crash out, plus Côte d’Ivoire v Norway buildup – live
Source: www.theguardian.com ·
Section: headlines ·
Bias: Center-Left
· Published: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:22:07 GMT
Paraguay stun Germany, Morocco send Dutch homeEmail us | Bracketology | Golden Boot standingsA near-immutable law of World Cups is that the best team in the group stages never actually wins the thing – think Brazil 82, USSR 86, Italy 90, Argentina 2006, the Netherlands 2014. Can France buck the trend? Well Didier Deschamps – back with the squad after the death of his mother last week – has vowed to stick with the attacking approach that showed France as head and shoulders above the rest in the groups. Paul MacInnes looks ahead to their game against Graham Potter’s Sweden – who’ve had a mixed but lively time of it so far – later on Tuesday.Didier Deschamps has warned France’s rivals that the team will not change their attacking approach to this World Cup, saying as he prepared for the last-32 tie against Sweden on Tuesday: “We have a capacity for danger, and I want us to keep it.”The France head coach said it was “good to be busy” as he returned to the camp after time at home following the death of his mother last week. Deschamps expressed gratitude for the support he had received from his team after his bereavement, in another sign of the tight bond among Les Bleus this summer. Continue reading...
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