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Now the domestic season is done and dusted, it's time to turn our attention to the World Cup.
And if you fancy getting stuck into a book packed with nostalgia, exclusive interviews from dozens of past legends and tales aplenty, the second edition of @BloomsburySport's How to Win the World Cup will be right up your street.
Available in Waterstones, on Amazon and all the regular places you get your books.
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Really like this from Xavi upon getting the Netherlands job.
Always a bit cynical about how much a non-native can truly feel for an adopted national team's identity, but those Barca links just make this feel like a good fit.
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Scaloni going for his second World Cup as manager tonight. Since Pozzo, only Carlos Bilardo (in 1990) and Didier Deschamps (in 2022) have taken a team to a second World Cup final after winning the previous tournament.
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The reality is that Tuchel made questionable tactical changes against Croatia and Norway before finally muddling through to find the answers. He didn't have the same allowance to do that last night, but it wasn't a one-time thing. That's why there should be questions.
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Tuchel was brought in to be different to Southgate, but sadly he reverted to type too. Criminal to sit back for so long, inviting Argentina to come at us after going ahead.
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If England beat Argentina and Lionel Scaloni tonight, Vittorio Pozzo will keep his record as the only manager to win two World Cups.
He's held it for 88 years and despite the political backdrop in Italy at the time and shows how hard winning twice is.
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Defensively England look atrocious again. Makes the decision not to play the first team in either of the March internationals more baffling - these guys needed time to build partnerships and get used to playing together.
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Tuchel studied how to be an international boss after being appointed England manager.
He's taken some points to extremes, one was picking a squad that wouldn't disrupt the plan - meaning everything is pointing in the same direction. Carra right that more diversity would be handy
Thomas Tuchel’s squad is made up of players all of a similar ilk, every change from the bench last night was like for like.
In a squad of 26 there had to be room for one or two more technical players who give you something different, Palmer & Wharton??
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Congrats to Jude on winning the, er, "superior player of the match"
Now where's that Sean Dyche meme...
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It's official: Uruguay have been a one-man team for over 30 years 😬
Here's @oilysailor with your daily mind-blowing stat...
Fancy a book (or two) while waiting for the evening kick-offs? Look no further 👀
Always nice when people send pictures of your books in the wild, but this was a particularly special one.
Paperbacks of How To Win The World Cup and the Lineker biog flanking the great @jonawils' book in the World Cup section in Waterstones.
Buy one get one half price too 😉
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Using the same graphics as Goldeneye on N64, fair play
What sorcery is this my @BBCSport colleagues… you can watch in virtual 3D on the BBC website, this is the Canadian goalies view of the Bosnia goal….
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A lot of managers will go into this World Cup under some level of pressure, but no more than Mauricio Pochettino as the boss of the host nation with the most expectation on them.
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