Introduction Lamine Yamal’s youth records read like a list generated by mistake — youngest La Liga player, youngest goalscorer, youngest Spain international, youngest Ballon d’Or nominee. What gets less attention is the neighbourhood he still returns to, the goal celebration…
Introduction Four minutes of stoppage time, three separate VAR interventions for offside, and a disallowed goal that Croatia’s own manager called the result of refereeing so poor it “kills everything within you” — Croatia’s Round of 32 exit to Portugal…
Introduction Cody Gakpo’s 72nd-minute strike, arriving in an emotional context just days after he and his partner announced the loss of their unborn son, appeared to have sent the Netherlands through to the Round of 16. Instead, Issa Diop’s stoppage-time…
Introduction Germany had won six of their seven all-time major-tournament penalty shootouts and had never previously lost one at a World Cup. Monday, June 29, in Foxborough put an end to both records at once, as No. 34-ranked Paraguay eliminated…
