There are four matches ahead. At 3pm GMT it is Netherlands v Qatar, and Ecuador v Senegal in Group A. Get your second screens ready. Draws will suffice for the Netherlands and Ecuador, a win is a must for Senegal. Jonathan Liew is in Doha for the Guardian, and writes for us on the conundrum that is the gulf between Harry Maguire for Manchester United, and Harry Maguire for England at tournaments: After the game I drove into Worthing, Sussex, The main street - normally crowded on a Saturday afternoon - was deserted. The last Women’s World Cup, taking place in 2019 and hosted by France, was won by the USA. One of the players who was at the heart of everything the USA achieved at the tournament was Megan Rapinoe, who won both the Golden Boot and the Golden Ball. An England win would see them top Group B. They’ll be at risk of going out if they lose by four goals, which seems unlikely. Wales are on the brink of elimination but are bound to be hugely motivated. Southgate expects a tough test, which is why he isn’t rotating too heavily.

There were 3 players who finished the tournament with 6 goals, including Rapinoe, her American compatriot Alex Morgan, and English sharpshooter Ellen White. The reason Megan Rapinoe was awarded the Golden Boot for being the top goalscorer is because, of the 3 players, she had played the fewest amount of minutes, having played 428 throughout the course of the tournament. This is in comparison to Morgan’s 490 minutes, and White’s 514. Ferri wrote that he has friends in Ukraine who are suffering and that he spent a month in the country as a volunteer after Russia invaded the nation in February. I was a football fan in those days, but, never dreaming England would even get past the preliminary rounds, went ahead with plans for an extended trip through Europe. I think [the US strikers have] been OK,” Berhalter said. “When we’re evaluating the performance in the first game, Josh had a good chance at the near post and, looking at the second game, Haji was very effective on the defensive end of the game, had some good runs into the channel, very lively. Perhaps there were a couple of times when we could have been more effective with the movement in the penalty box.”For the third goal I remember clutching my dad’s hand – very un-son like – while we waited for the ref to consult the linesman, someone from Azerbaijan who supposedly had a grudge against the Germans for beating the Soviet Union in the semi-finals. He pointed to the centre circle. The ball was fully over the line. Thank God VAR had not been invented. Fecafoot further reaffirms its commitment to create a peaceful atmosphere for the team and to provide them with adequate facilities for an outstanding performance. If I was to do it all over again, I’d make it more political,” says Steve Sampson. “I would use history as motivation for my players – that they [Iran] held American citizens captive for the longest period of time and are one of the greatest enemies ever faced by the United States. I wanted to make it all about the football and depoliticise the whole event because, for me, our football was on display. Whereas for the Iranians, it was their politics on display.” As a consequence of his actions, and as is standard practice, his (entry permit) has been canceled and he has been banned from attending future matches at this tournament,” the statement said.

We have some words today from Elis James, who is writing on how Wales must play with the handbrake off to earn an overdue win against old foes England: I was eight and my bother was 10. He burst into tears when West Germany scored and ran out of the house. He only came home after England had won. I and a friend tried to get into a pub to watch the match in the childrens tv room, but we were thrown out.This wonderful selection of footy-fan-based items brings you and your class a range of resources to include display items such as England football flags. One of the subplots in that high energy 3-3 draw between Cameroon and Serbia on Monday was the non-appearance of Cameroon’s first-choice goalkeeper Andre Onana. Onana was marked as “absent” on the team sheet, with head coach Rigobert Song saying he had to “put the team first ahead of an individual” amid reports of a falling out over tactics. I lived in London E4 and watched the game on TV. Also being a lifelong West Ham United fan I was delighted about contributions of Moore, Hurst and Peters. Strangers hugged me at the station, everyone was ecstatic, people were crying with joy, hugging and kissing complete strangers.

Fans may not be aware that the government has recently made changes to regulations which widen the types of flags you may fly in England, Birmingham Mail reports. Brooks’ return to action before the Premier League took a break for the World Cup was delayed by a hamstring problem. And so, on to England. Many, if not most, of our fans were disappointed when we were drawn in the same group as our nextdoor neighbours. If the European Championship is about big international derbies and the continent’s heavyweights being pitted against each other, part of the World Cup’s allure is new teams, strange fixtures, different experiences, something that can’t be provided by the familiarity of Luke Shaw and Mason Mount. Before last Monday night the only competitive games Wales had played against non‑European opposition were against Mexico and Brazil in 1958. Declan Rice was not part of the plan in this global festival of football. A flag of any island, county, district, borough, burgh, parish, city, town or village within the United Kingdom; In midfield, Jordan Henderson will make his first start of the tournament - but despite indications to the contrary yesterday it will actually be Mason Mount who drops out for the Liverpool captain. Jude Bellingham, who was replaced by Henderson against the US, is expected to keep his place. Declan Rice will start.How we'd booed the Argentines! How we'd thrilled in the semi-final against Portugal! At times we could barely watch, but England had done it. We were in the Final!