Last night there was a sad injury announcement for Sweden before the match against the Netherlands.
Then came even worse news for the Netherlands.
This happened in the football World Cup night.
Scotland–Morocco 0–1
Morocco have effectively secured a spot in the round of 16 as the team now has four points ahead of the final group stage match against Haiti.
A couple of hours after midnight, Morocco won against Scotland. The goal came already after 70 seconds of play, when Ismael Saibari knocked the ball into the net.
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Brazil–Haiti 3–0
The brass won their first match in this year’s World Cup and top Group C ahead of Morocco.
Manchester United player Matheus Cunha was given the chance from the start against Haiti and took it. Cunha scored the first two goals before Vinícius Júnior added. All goals came in the first half.
In the first half there was also a substitution which probably worries the Brazilian supporters.
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Accused of rape – was booed
Morocco’s superstar and team captain Achraf Hakimi is suspected of rape and on Friday it became official that he will be tried in Paris.
Akimi was not popular with the opposing fans during Morocco’s match against Scotland. He was booed every time he had the ball.
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Eric Smith will miss the game
Eric Smith did not participate in Sweden’s last training session before the match against the Netherlands. The midfielder/midfielder has a feeling and will miss the game tonight.
– I think he will be back next week. But not tomorrow, says Sweden’s confederation captain Graham Potter.
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Frenkie de Jong could also miss the game
Dejan Kulusevski and Emil Holm miss the WC for Sweden, but the Netherlands have suffered significantly more heavy interruptions.
Stars such as Matthijs de Ligt, Xavi Simons and Jurriën Timber were not even selected in the World Cup squad due to injuries and in the USA, Jurriën Timber’s twin brother Quinten has also been injured.
He misses the match against Sweden – which even superstar Frenkie de Jong risks doing. Barcelona’s pass-capable midfielder is unsure of the game, revealed Netherlands national team captain Ronald Koeman at a press conference during the night, Swedish time.
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Thousands of fans were forced to evacuate
The erratic American weather continues to play havoc with the World Cup. Around 01.30, Swedish time, a couple of thousand people were evacuated from a fan zone in Houston due to “dangerous weather conditions”.
Near the site, both the Swedish supporter organizations Camp Sweden and Gula väggen had midsummer celebrations. But they managed without any weather problems.
– We had maximum flexibility. We had great weather throughout the midsummer festival. The change of weather came half an hour after we had missed again. It was like magic, says Yellow Wall founder Andreas Richt.
“Dangerous weather conditions” turned out to mean, among other things, thunder. Sportbladet’s reporter Linn Nordström caught a flash on picture.
Sweden meets the Netherlands in Houston at 19:00.
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