World Cup 2026: France v Morocco quarter-final buildup, Collina defends refereeing – live
⚽ All the latest as we look ahead to the quarter-finals ⚽ Player guide Bracketology Golden Boot Email us We shall begin properly by looking
⚽ All the latest as we look ahead to the quarter-finals ⚽ Player guide Bracketology Golden Boot Email us We shall begin properly by looking ahead to France v Morocco. We must all hope that we are not talking about the match officials come full-time because that would be rather tedious.
Meanwhile, Rob Draper has looked into Michael Olise’s background to find out how he went from Hayes to the world stage. “We were playing Sparta Prague in the European Under-21 Cup,” Flanagan says. “I got there at half‑time. Michael was about 17 and on the bench.
I sat in front of [the former Crystal Palace and West Ham player] Hayden Mullins, who used to work for us and who I got on well with. Michael came on with 17 minutes to go. Within five minutes Hayden leaned over to me and said: ‘Who the fuck is that?!’ I just started laughing.
And Hayden said: ‘Come on then, tell me, where did you find this one?’ So I explained the story …” Continue reading...
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