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4 Different Ways Fans Are Sneaking Alcohol In The Qatar World Cup   We all know that alcohol is banned at the World Cup currently going on in Qatar. But many fans around the world have already gotten used to watching football with a can of beer in their hands and are not willing to let restrictions stop them from their football ritual. So, what have they done? They have found ways to smuggle...

One of the biggest talking points so far in this World Cup is Germany vs. Japan game. The Japanese pulled off a really big upset, coming back from a goal down to secure a victory against the 4-time world champions, and fans have not been able to stop talking about it. But there’s something else that happened before the game even kicked off that fans have also been talking about. More like asking a...

Why Are There Empty Seats In The Qatar World Cup? The FIFA World Cup has officially begun and if you are not going to say it, then we will. So far, it’s been fantastic. The football on display has been top-notch and we can’t wait to see if there will be more upsets like Saudi Arabia ending Argentina’s unbeaten run; or Japan stunning Germany.  There is however, a little concern that is slowly...

Lionel Messi’s Doctor Wants Argentina To Lose All Of Their World Cup Matches Believe it or not, Lionel Messi’s doctor, who has also been his friend for years, is praying for Argentina’s downfall in what looks like Messi’s last World Cup tournament ever. Diego Schwarzstein, who was Messi’s doctor before he even moved to Europe more than 2 decades ago, has come out to say he wants Argentina to lose...

The Reason Why Messi Will Not Win The 2022 World Cup More than half the footballing universe is willing Lionel Messi to go ahead and win the World Cup in what looks like his final attempt. But that only means that more than half the footballing universe might be in for a huge disappointment before the year is over. Before kickoff of the tournament in Qatar, Argentina were one of the favorites to w...

The 2022 fifa world cup is officially underway and as we predicted, it has already been chock full of surprises. Even before a ball was kicked, Karim Benzema has sustained a thigh injury in training and has been ruled out of the world cup.  This makes the tournament the first of its kind where neither of the top two ranked players in the Ballon d’or will feature. Sadio Mane is also out with a...

The World Cup often feels like a movie with a very good plot and riveting plot twists on the way. It also has subplots, redemption arcs, suspense, comic relief, and thrills. Sometimes it even gets spooky, and on a few occasions, the action is turned all the way up.  And as you know, every good action movie has a hero and a villain. In football, heroes are in abundance, but today, we want to f...

Football sometimes tends to get very physical. So it’s no surprise when members of a team get into ugly fights with the opposing team and sometimes even the fans. While this can be overlooked in most players who from time to time get caught up in the heat of the moment. Some others have built a reputation for always being on the wrong side of the sport. These never shy away from committing one off...

5 Footballers Who Spoke Against Their Clubs This week has been all about Cristiano Ronaldo and his groundbreaking interview with Piers Morgan. The Portugal legend bore it all in that interview and had words for everybody. Including – and perhaps especially – his current employers, Manchester United. That prompted us to look at times when football players have spoken against their clubs while still...

One of the reasons we all love the World Cup is that every single tournament seems to bring with it a big shocker. Whether it’s an early exit of one of the favorites like Germany in 2018 and Spain in 2014, a surprise scoreline like that one in 2014 (you know which one we’re talking about), or a story of a dark horse; the biggest competition in the world always lives up to expectation. Today, howev...

The FIFA World Cup is the greatest celebration of football in history. In one month, all the emotions of the game are felt across the world as the colorful exhibition of culture from every corner of the world gives way to a clash of styles and talent.   For the players, it is the greatest opportunity to represent your country and cement your legacy in a sport that easily forgets the names of...

7 Footballers Who Switched Countries Right Before The World Cup. It is every footballer’s dream to play in the World Cup, and many will do anything to achieve that dream. Even if it means switching allegiances at the very last minute.  But what if we told you that that’s not the only reason footballers switch countries right before a tournament? They do this for many different reasons, and we...

The wait for the biggest tournament on the planet is finally over. At long last, we get to see the biggest football players on the globe slug it out for the most coveted piece of silverware in the footballing universe.   But while we’ll be seeing some of the biggest names in football out in Qatar, there are still quite a number of these superstars who will not be there. And with all teams hav...

Exactly a week to the kickoff of the World Cup, Piers Morgan released only a snippet of what is sure to be the greatest interview in the world of football this year. The English journalist managed to not only get Cristiano Ronaldo on the interview, he got the Man United striker to bare it all, and it has absolutely broken the internet.  The full interview will air on Wednesday and Thursday, b...

For the first time in more than two decades, Argentina will go into a World Cup tournament as one of the real favorites. Yes, even when they got to the final in 2014, they were not favorites at the start. But right now, everything is pointing to the Albiceleste going all the way this time and winning the World Cup for the first time since Diego Maradona led the nation to success in Mexico ‘86. But...

Years before a World Cup tournament, nations bid, grapple, and sometimes even pay bribes in order to secure the rights to host. Why do they do that? Is it just because they like football so much? Or because they enjoy opening up their borders to visitors? Of course not.   There are a bunch of stuff countries expect to get from hosting the World Cup, and that’s why they want that opportunity s...

Footballers may act like they never care about what goes on in the outside world but that couldn't be further from the truth. They actually tend to always be on their phones and on social media and one thing they care deeply about is the popular video game FIFA. Every year, there are multiple videos of players learning their ratings and being upset about them while others are even addicted to the...

5 Footballers Who Got Red Carded In The Last Game Of Their Career   On the very last game of your professional footballing career, there are a few things you dream of doing: scoring, making a game-saving goal-line clearance, keeping a clean sheet, saving a penalty, winning a trophy, all sorts of things. But surely, getting sent off is not one of those things.  But that has happened to qu...

Fenway Sports Group, more commonly known as FSG, the current owners of Liverpool, have announced that they are ready to sell the Merseyside club. The American sports conglomerate purchased the Premier League giants back in 2010, and you have to say it has been a pretty successful period for them. Under their ownership, Liverpool won the Premier League for the first time, got to 3 Champions League...

Since English fans first started singing “it’s coming home”, it has never come home. In fact, football has only “come home” once ever, and that was way back in 1966. Since then, it has been poor officiating like in 1986 at the World Cup, hard luck like in 1998 and 2010 at the World Cup, and near misses like in 2018 at the World Cup and 2021 at the Euros. We could give all sorts of excuses for the...

.The 2022 World Cup is going to be a very huge tournament for a lot of players. For some, it’ll be their first-ever appearance at the World Cup, for some others, it’ll be their last ever. We have already looked at some players who will be playing in the World Cup for the first time this year. So, this time around, we want to look at some players for whom Qatar would be their last outing.  Her...

The 2022 World Cup is drawing ever so closer; yet again, we get to see the biggest players on the planet fight for the biggest football trophy on the globe. Since it began in 1930, 8 different national teams have won the World Cup, but 2022 might just be giving us a 9th.   Here are 8 countries most likely to win their first World Cup in Qatar this year.

Everybody says the 2010 World Cup is the best of the modern era, and come on, isn’t it? Apart from the captivating matches themselves, there was a lot of excitement, culture, great music, the Jabulani, and of course, the vuvuzelas, among other things. Hate it or love it, those vuvuzelas gave that tournament a lot of character and individuality. If a match is put on the screen right now and you hea...

Napoli are in blazing form this season. They’re top of the Serie A table and still unbeaten in the league. They topped their Champions League group, embarrassing European giants like Liverpool and Ajax – 4-1 and 6-1 respectively – on the way.   They really look like an amazing side this season, and much of that is thanks to their new boy. A certain 21-year-old with a tongue-twister for a name...

Who else is excited about the 2022 World Cup coming up in a matter of days? We at Goal 90 definitely are. There’s just something about this year’s tournament that feels like it’ll be one for the books. So, yes, we are really excited. And it is with that excitement that we bring you our predictions for the 2022 World Cup. Make sure to watch till the end because the semi-final picks are pretty spicy...