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PSG vs Aston Villa 2-1 *Paris SG who won also the UEFA 2025 Super Cup are just the fourth team to win successive editions, after:Ajax in 1973 and 1974,Milan in 1989 and 1990,Real Madrid in 2016 and 2017. *PSG have now won 10 trophies since the start of the 2024/25 season:Ligue 1 (twice)Champions League (twice)UEFA…

The second ever armless player’s goal in European competitions Danish footballer Marius Krüger Lindh, playing for the Faroese club NSÍ Runavík, became on 30 July just the second ever one-armed footballer to score in a European club competition match.The right winger found the net in the 70th minute of the return leg of the Conference…

Picture : Fabian Ruiz won the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA World Cup in 2026, but also the French League, the UEFA Super Cup and the French Champions Trophy ! World Cup 2026 Review – Part 2 Fabian Ruiz joined “Club” of World Cup & UCL winners in same season Fabian Ruiz became the…

Picture : Barcola, Mbappe (most goals 10), Olise (most assists 7) and Dembele – the France power ! The scoring record raised massively The 2026 World Cup was extraordinary in many respects, not least for the dramatic way the tournament’s all-time top-scorer record was shattered.Before the tournament began, the record stood at what now seems…

World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 39 (July 19) – Final Spain vs Argentina 1-0 *Spain became the first nation to win two World Cups in the XXI century (2010, 2026). *Spain became the second team to win the World Cup after defeating the previous two champions during the same tournament (France and Argentina), following…

World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 38 (July 18) – Match for the 3rd place France vs England 4-6 *England’s bronze is their second-best success at the World Cup, behind their 1966 title on home soil. *England lost all their previous 3 World Cup matches against a defending champion:2-4 vs Uruguay in 1954,1-3 vs Brazil…

Picture : Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal, two generations for one winner ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Final Preview Spain vs Argentina (New York, July 19) *It will be the 2nd World Cup final for Spain and the 7th for Argentina who is now the nation that have played the second-most World Cup finals,…

Picture : Spain have qualified for the World Cup final for the second time, following 2010. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 34 (July 14) – Semi-final France vs Spain 0-2 *Spain are the first reigning European champion to reach the World Cup final since Spain themselves in 2010. *Spain have become the first European…

Picture : Julian Alvarez scored a wonderful goal to push Argentina in the semi final. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 31 (July 11) – Quarter-final Argentina vs Switzerland 3-1 *Argentina reached 6 consecutive World Cup victories for the first time in history, surpassing 5 in 1986 and 5 in 2014. *Argentina have scored 17…

Picture : Jude Bellingham scored 7 goals in World Cups at the age of 23, the same number as Pele. Only Kylian Mbappé scored more (12) while aged 23 or younger.  World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 31 (July 11) – Quarter-final Norway vs England 1-2 *England have qualified for the World Cup semi-finals for…

Picture : Mikel Merino scored the fastest goal by a Spanish substitute in the history of the World Cup: just 1 minute 55 seconds after entering the pitch. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 30 (July 10) – Quarter-final Spain vs Belgium 2-1 *Spain advanced to the world’s top four national teams for the 3rd…

Picture : Michael Olise and France in semi final ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 29 (July 9) – Quarter-final France vs Morocco 2-0 *This was only the second time in World Cup history that Morocco lost to a European nation by a margin of more than one goal; the previous instance was also…

World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 27 (July 7) – Round of 16 Switzerland vs Colombia 0-0 (pen. 4-3) *Switzerland have qualified for the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1954. *Colombia have advanced past the World Cup Round of 16 only once in its four previous appearances at that stage; that was…

Picture : Lionel Scaloni always unbeaten with Argentina ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 27 (July 7) – Round of 16 Argentina vs Egypt 3-2 *Argentina won a World Cup match after trailing by two goals for the first time in history. *Argentina is only the second non-European nation to win a World Cup…

Picture : Charles De Ketelaere scored two goals against USA to qualify Belgium ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 26 (July 6) – Round of 16  USA vs Belgium 1-4 *Belgium has become the first nation since Germany in 2010 to score at least three goals in each of its first two knockout-stage matches…

Picture : The goal of the game was scored by Spain’s Mikel Merino ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 26 (July 6) – Round of 16 Portugal vs Spain 0-1 *Spain has qualified for the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2010 (when they also eliminated Portugal in the Round of 16).…