Mark's World of Sports

 Monday saw the start of Group B, and England started with a 6-2 win. Then Holland took a precious 3 points from Senegal in a game that wouldn't make it in the realms of classics, and USA and Wales played each other to an entertaining 1-1 draw. Jude Bellingham with his first goal. England started their World Cup campaign against the 20th-ranked Iran, and Gareth Southgate started with a big statement by having Harry Maguire in his starting 11 in a 4-3-3 system. The England team was Jordan Pickford in goal, the defence of Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire, John Stones and Kieran Trippier: a midfield of Jude Bellingham, Declan Rice and Mason Mount: the three up front were Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling. During the national anthems, the Iranian fans and players did their own protest, this time against their own government on the country's human rights protests by the fans shouting down and the players not singing the national anthem. The game started with England building momen...

  Enner Valencia scoring twice After 12 years of controversy, questions and numerous reports of terrible conditions and how Qatar would accept the world. Also, this will be the last World Cup to feature 32 teams as the next one jumps to 48 teams. The World Cup started with the hosts playing Ecuador in a tough group A which also feature Holland and AFCON Winners Senegal. Qatar decided to play with a 5-3-2 formation with players that had not played in their league campaign this season which would come into the showing during the second half. Meanwhile, Ecuador came out in the classic 4-4-2 formation.  The controversial moment in the game  While Ecuador had to go through qualification in South America and barely survived appeals by both Peru and Chile because Qatar being the host and guaranteed a spot, they needed tournament practice, so in 2019, they were granted an invite to the Copa America and won the Asian Cup and then last year, they got to the semifinal of the Gold Cu...