Ten-man Germany survived an almighty scare to avoid crashing out of the World Cup, coming from behind to defeat Sweden in a pulsating affair in Sochi. Toni Kroos’ goal in the dying moments gave Germany a lifeline, Romelu Lukaku powered Belgium and Mexico stayed perfect on matchday 10. The ESPN FC panel share their thoughts

Gab Marcotti details how the “luckiest goal” of Harry Kane’s career put him in elite company and Panama making history despite England winning 6-1. England may have made it look easy against Panama, but Stevie Nicol cautions the Three Lions to not get carried away ahead of their crunch clash with Belgium. England dominated with

Defending champion Germany resuscitated their World Cup hopes with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Sweden in their second Group F game in Sochi on Saturday, despite going down to 10 men late in the second half. The 2014 winners lost their opening match to Mexico on Sunday and needed a win over the Swedes to

Gab Marcotti and the ESPN FC crew discuss how far along Liverpool are in their contract negotiations with Roma’s Alisson. Emre Can will thrive at Juventus. After four underwhelming years at Liverpool, the 24-year-old will play in Serie A next season and Italy is a better stage for him than the Premier League ever was.

Shaka Hislop breaks down Sweden’s hard-fought 1-0 win over South Korea decided by Andreas Granqvist’s VAR-awarded penalty. Janusz Michallik discusses the first VAR incidents of the World Cup following France’s 2-1 win over Australia. Video assistant referees (VARs) have hit the headlines in Russia.  We look at every decision a referee has had to make

By Simon Evans REPINO, Russia, June 22 (Reuters) – England need to be more clinical if they are to take care of Panama in their second game in Group G and put themselves on the brink of qualification to the knockout stage. If England beat Panama and Belgium beat or draw with Tunisia then England

ESPN FC’s Stewart Robson breaks down the adjustments Gernot Rohr made to help Nigeria overcome Iceland and blow Group D wide open. Don Hutchison and Leroy Rosenior commends Nigeria on a great performance which saw them win 2-0 against Iceland. Nigeria roared to life in the second half after a dull opening 45 minutes, benefitting

Argentina fans react to 3-0 loss against Croatia. World Cup winner Mario Kempes’ faith in Argentina’s chances of qualifying for the round of 16 has all but gone after their crushing defeat to Croatia. After their 3-0 loss to Croatia – ESPN pundits and fans give their opinion on Lionel Messi and Jorge Sampaoli MOSCOW/BUENOS

Croatia advanced to the round of 16 for the first time since 1998 with a stunning 3-0 victory over Argentina on Thursday. The result in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, gives Croatia six points while putting Argentina’s hopes of reaching the knockout stage in serious jeopardy. Argentina has just one point from their first two matches and

Central Coast are resigned to losing young gun Daniel De Silva after kicking off preparations for the new A-League season without him. Despite being contracted for another two seasons, De Silva was nowhere to be seen as the Mariners held their first preseason training session on Thursday under new coach Mike Mulvey. According to the