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Portugal brush Swiss aside as Ramos stars after Ronaldo is dropped to bench

By Andrew Warshaw

December 7 – It was a massive gamble and fortunately for Portuguese coach Fernando Santos it paid off – and then some.

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Qatar 2022

Morocco create Arab and African history with penalty shoot-out elimination of Spain

By Samindra Kunti in Doha

December 7 – It was with the cheekiest of Panenkas that Achraf Hakimi and Morocco upset Spain to create a 3-0 penalty win, and World Cup history, to progress to the last eight of the tournament. 

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Qatar 2022

Eto’o apologises for ‘violent altercation’ with fan after World Cup match

December 7 – Samuel Eto’o has apologised for a “violent altercation” when in a bizarre and distasteful incident he kicked a fan outside a World Cup stadium.

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Europe

Polish PM scraps on World Cup bonus plan after public backlash

December 7 – Poland’s prime minister has backed down on a promise to award bonuses to the national team after the World Cup.

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Qatar 2022

Pele’s health is improving, say doctors, with no new complications

December 7 – Brazil great Pele’s condition is improving in hospital, according to his doctors.

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FIFA

FIFA cracks down on Uruguayans behaving badly and Serbia’s anti-Kosovan politics

December 6 – FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against both Uruguay and Serbia for a range of misdemeanours during their respective final group games at the World Cup which saw both countries eliminated.

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Qatar 2022

Brazil turn of the style and the joy to cement their status as Qatar 2022 favourites

December 6 – Brazil danced their way to a 4-1 victory against South Korea and a last-eight encounter with Croatia after a barnstorming first half against the Asian team. 

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Qatar 2022

FIFA-stooge Wenger holds the company line, saying early exiting teams were too focussed on ‘politics’

By Samindra Kunti in Doha

December 5 – FIFA’s head of global development Arsene Wenger has claimed that teams who avoided political demonstrations have played better at the World Cup, taking a swipe at Germany and Denmark. He also praised the tournament experience as “unique”.

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Qatar 2022

Dutch brush past USA to line up Argentina

By Samindra Kunti in Doha

December 3 – Spearheaded by Memphis Depay and Denzel Dumfries, the Netherlands breezed past an inexperienced US side 3-1 to reach the last eight of the World Cup where they will meet Argentina. 

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Qatar 2022

Six of the best: Qatar 2022 sets record for group-stage survivors from outside traditional powers

By David Owen

December 3 – Qatar 2022, a World Cup of upsets? Well, actually yes, as the group stage draws to a close, the opening phase of this massively controversial tournament has indeed, by one objective yardstick, been the most surprising in recent history.

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Qatar 2022

Japan star on a night of drama that sees Germany exit at group stage, again

December 2 – Once again, four-time world champions Germany departed the World Cup in the first round despite a 4-2 victory against Costa Rica in their final group E game with coach Hansi Flick saying that a reboot was needed.

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Performance

The value of pitch time? Portugal tops ranking of World Cup teams by player minutes played

December 2 – Portugal’s players have on average had more playing time in 2022 than any other nation at the Qatar 2022 World Cup, according to a ranking of nations by average number of player minutes in competitive action.

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FIFA

FIFA in informal talks over sticking to 4-team groups for 2026

December 2 – FIFA are reported to be considering scrapping three-team groups at the World Cup 2026 tournament – the first with 48 teams – and sticking with the status quo of four-team groups.

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Qatar 2022

Frappart makes World Cup history as first woman to referee a men’s finals match

December 2 – Stephanie Frappart made history on Thursday as the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup match, taking charge of the Germany vs Costa Rica final group E game at the Al Bayt Stadium.

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Qatar 2022

Danes blame early exit on overbearing pressure of Qatar’s human rights issues

December 1 – Danish head coach Kasper Hjulmand has blamed the off-the-field controversies at the Qatar World Cup for his team’s failure at the tournament.

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